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List the taxonomy hierarchy (Dumb kids play catch on freeway get smashed)
ANS✔✔ Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
List biological classification from smallest to largest ANS✔✔ Atom
Molecule
Cell
Tissue
Organ & Organ Systems
Organism
Populations & Communities
Ecosystem
Biosphere
The ____ is the smallest fundamental function of living things ANS✔✔ Cell
,A suggested and testable explanation for an event is called a:
Control
Variable
Theory
Hypothesis ANS✔✔ Hypothesis
Archaea (just try to remember the image) ANS✔✔
Bacteria (just try to remember the image) ANS✔✔
Eukarya (just try to remember the image) ANS✔✔
Discovery science vs hypothesis-driven science ANS✔✔ Discovery science
DESCRIBES nature, info is collected without a question in mind
Hypothesis-driven science EXPLAINS nature, info is collected based on a
specific question and seeks to falsify something (not prove)
T or F
Jane Goodall spent many years doing discovery science on the Galapagos
Islands ANS✔✔ False - she did Hypothesis-driven science
Example of a hypothesis
My flashlight doesn't work
, Why doesn't my flashlight work?
There is something wrong with the batteries
If something is wrong with the batteries, my flashlight will work when I put
new batteries in it
I put new batteries in the flashlight
My flashlight works ANS✔✔ There is something wrong with the batteries
(idea about how something works that can be tested using experiments)
Example of a prediction
My flashlight doesn't work
Why doesn't my flashlight work?
There is something wrong with the batteries
If something is wrong with the batteries, my flashlight will work when I put
new batteries in it
I put new batteries in the flashlight
My flashlight works ANS✔✔ If something is wrong with the batteries, my
flashlight will work when I put new batteries in it (what will happen in an
experiment if the hypothesis is correct)
Which is stronger
Theory or Hypothesis ANS✔✔ Theory - theories have been widely tested,
supported, and validated. Hypotheses only need to be testable
What does FLaReS stand for? ANS✔✔ Falsifiability - if it can't be proven false,
it is no good
Logic - an argument used as evidence must be sound
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