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The Science of Biology
Chapter 1 - The Science of Biology Flashcards
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Biology
10th Grade
09/18/2008

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What is the goal of science?
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The goal of science is to investigate and understand the natural world, and to use those explanations to make useful predictions.
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What is the definition of science?
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Science is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.
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What is an observation?
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An observation is the process of gathering information about events of processes in a careful, orderly way.

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What is the information gathered from observations called?
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Data.
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What is quatitative data?
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Data involving numbers.
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What is qualitative data?

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Data involving characteristics that cannot be easily measured or counted.
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