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| the science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding |
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| carries genetic material. guides the assembly of proteins. determines specific protein structure |
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| referres to such unexplained observations |
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| what responsibility scientists have for the uses to which their research is put. |
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| refers to an unrealistic and naive view of the world |
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| involves making predictions beyond the limits of the data available, and is based on trends revealed by the data. |
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| refers to the process of filling in, or generalizing between 2 items of data in a table or graph. |
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| the idea that all species must have descended from a common ancester. also known as evolution. |
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| the question of how the myraid types of animals and plants found on earth could have arisen. |
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| measures of dispersion, how much the sample as a whole deviates from the mean. |
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| may be highly useful both in analyzing problems and generating ideas. |
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| empty or "sugar" pills given to subjects. |
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| shows the relation between a hypothesis and it's prediction. |
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| how scientists get their data |
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| happens without the presence of the variable. gets the placebo. shows as a comparison. |
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| something that can't be studied outside of the whole individual |
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| when people beleived that new life formed from old decaying meat. Has been proven false. |
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| have to rely on indirect observation |
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| denying that new species may emerge from older species over time. |
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| when some variations may be found within species |
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| expressed numerically. can be arranged into tables and charts |
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| data that is expressed in a general non numerical form |
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| are a combination of induction and deduction and therefore are never more then probable |
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| focus on the direct factors that lead from event A to event B |
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| means goal-oriented. suggest that certain events or processes occur for some purpose or are directed toward some end |
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"scientific Revolution"
A new way of viewing the world, or a specific set of problems emerges |
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| a deliberate manipulation or alteration of data to support a precinceived idea |
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| mean. variation quantitatively. |
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| some sort of chemical process occurring on earth itself |
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| "Knowledge" based on empirical knowledge obtained through our 5 senses |
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| The scientific study of life |
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| a formal sequence of "if"........"then" statements |
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when the "if" represents the hypothesis.
and when the "then" represents the prediction |
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| the process of making general statements based upon a set of individual observations |
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| an explanatory hypothesis that has stood the test of time and is supported well by empirical eveidence |
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| are tentaive explanations to account for observed phenomena |
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| a statement that is meant to apply to a large class of objects or set of phenomena |
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| abstract statements that go beyond individual facts and relate them to one another. |
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| individual observations that have been confirmed and accepted by consensus |
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| the transportation of life from somewhere else in the universe |
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