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The Nature of Science and Characteristics of Life
What is science, how does it work, etc.
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2013

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Biology
Definition
Scientific study of life
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Biology lays the basic ____________ for asking _________ questions about _______ and the ___________ _________.
Definition
foundation, basic, life, natural world
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We study biology to learn how organisms are ___________, how they ________, where they ________ and what they ___. We also study biology to help _________, _____________, and _____ ideas about life
Definition
constructed, function, live, do, develop, modify, refine
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Science deals with the ________ world that can be _________, _________, and ________
Definition
natural, detected, observed, measured
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Science is based on ________ gained through _________ and/or _________
Definition
evidence, observation, experiments
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Science is subject to individual ______and _____ review
Definition
validation, peer
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Science is open to ______ at any ____ and thus is ______ __________.
Definition
challenge, time, self correcting
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Science seeks ___________ truths and is indifferent to ______ truths
Definition
universal, personal
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The ultimate goal of science is to Discover _______________
Definition
Universal truths
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Universal truths are _____ no matter ______ belief system.
e.g. Gravity will make you fall down.
Definition
true, your
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Personal truths are truths perceived by the ___________.
e.g. Roses are the prettiest flower.
Definition
beholder
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Personal truths often ________ the progress of science and lead to ______ in otherwise intelligent people.
Definition
inhibit, bias
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Scientists make and ____ potentially ________ predictions (hypotheses) regarding how the natural world works
Definition
test, falsfifiable
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Scientists make observations, from hypotheses (__________), and make _______ about what might occur if the hypothesis is ______.
Definition
testable assumption, predictions, correct
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