How is discovery-based science different from hypothesis-driven science? - Answer Discovery Based science- has the goal of finding new information and serves to form new hypotheses. Hypothesis Driven science- uses deduction and the scientific method.
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How is discovery-based science different from hypothesis-driven science? - Answer Discovery Based
science- has the goal of finding new information and serves to form new hypotheses. Hypothesis Driven
science- uses deduction and the scientific method.
What are the steps of the Scientific Method? - Answer 1. Do an observation
2. Ask a question
3. Construct a hypothesis
4. Make a prediction
5. Test the experiment
6. Analyze the results
7. Draw a conclusion
Remember: A hypothesis is an educated guess to your question, must be testable, and can never be
proven!
Are large or small sample sizes more accurate for scientific studies? - Answer Large sample sizes are
more accurate for scientific studies because it increase the chance of finding a significant difference and
leads to a more precise data.
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a scientific theory? - Answer A hypothesis is an
explanation that may or may not have undergone scientific testing, while a theory is a hypothesis that
has undergone numerous tests over many years and has accumulated a large body of evidence in
support of the explanation.
What are the six qualities of life? Be able to describe each quality and not just recognize them. - Answer
1. All living things have cells - Cell is the smallest unit of life. Cell contains all the material that are
necessary for life to exist. Some organisms are unicellular (only one cell) like bacteria, multicellular (many
cells) like human. Human cells have different function like for nerves or skin.
, 2. Living things can sense and response to change - Living things response to a stimuli. A stimuli could
include smells (good or bad), taste, sound, heat (touching a hot stove), light or darkness, or gravity.
- Homeostasis: When an organism responds to changes in order to keep its internal environment the
same.
3. Living things reproduce - Living things must reproduce to ensure that their species survives.
4. Living things have DNA - Living things have DNA because it controls all the characteristics and activities
of an organism.
5. Living things use energy - Organisms takes in energy, converts it to useful forms, and expels energy.
6. Living things grow and develop - Development: Living things change and mature as they grow old over
time. Organisms pass through different stages as they grow.
- Single celled organisms: Grow larger.
- Multi-celled organisms: Grow in number of cells.
- Metamorphosis: Is when organisms have a complete change of body shape. Ex: Capterpillar -> Butterfly
or Tadpole -> Frog.
What is an emergent property? What quality of life does it have to do with? - Answer -It's the property
where living things become more and more complex as it goes from cellular level to organ system (Some
kind of characteristics comes around when two interest come together).
-Life requires the ability to grow and reproduce using the information in one's DNA.
Why is the ability to evolve important for living things? - Answer Living things evolve to adapt to their
surroundings.
How does taxonomy help scientists study life? - Answer By providing easily remembered scientific
names for organisms. The more features 2 organisms share, the more taxonomic levels they share. Ranks
group to similar organisms.
Be able to list, in order, the taxonomic hierarchy. Which taxonomic category is the most specific and
which is the most general? - Answer Domain>Kingdom>Phylum>Class>Order>Family>Genus>Species
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