Science -ANSWER an objective, self-correcting method for gathering and organizing information about the natural world through repeated observation and experimentation.
Repeated Observation -ANSWER repeat experimentation to prove something is true or not.
Self correcting -ANSWER ideas in scien...
BIO 254 Exam #1 Correct 100%
Science -ANSWER an objective, self-correcting method for gathering and organizing information about the natural world through repeated observation and experimentation.
Repeated Observation -ANSWER repeat experimentation to prove something is true or not.
Self correcting -ANSWER ideas in science change.
Prediction -ANSWER If/then statement
Placebo -ANSWER something that the control group will receive that is similar to test group pill.
Placebo affect -ANSWER mind is more powerful than treatment.
Blind study -ANSWER participants do not know which group they are in.
Double-blind study -ANSWER people and researchers do not know who is in which group.
Germ Theory of Disease -ANSWER Infectious diseases are caused by germs.
Independent variable -ANSWER what I change.
Dependent variable -ANSWER what I observe.
Controlled variable -ANSWER what I keep the same.
Primary sources -ANSWER professional journals
Secondary sources -ANSWER newspapers, magazines, television shows, social media.
Hypothesis -ANSWER educated guess.
Robert Hooke -ANSWER credited with discovery of cells.
Anton Von Leeuwen -ANSWER found diversity of cells.
Karyotype -ANSWER a picture or a chart of an organism's chromosomes.
Trophoblast -ANSWER contributes to the formation of placenta.
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