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| The ability to (1) use the process of scientific inquiry to think creatively about real-world issues that have a biological component (2) communicate these thoughts to others and (3) integrate these ides into your decision making |
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| The process of examination and discovery |
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| The irrational belief that actions that are not logically related to a course of events can influence its outcome |
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| Based on experience and observations that are rational, testable, and repeatable |
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1. Make Observations
2. Formulate a hypothesis
3. Devise a testable prediction
4. Conduct a critical experiment
5. Draw conclusions and make revisions
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| A proposed explanation for observed phenomena |
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| A hypothesis that states a lack of relationship between two factors |
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| an experiment that makes it possible to decisively determine whether a particular hypothesis is correct |
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| people respond favorably to any treatment |
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| An explanatory hypothesis for natural phenomena that is exceptionally well supported by the empicrical data |
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| The most important feature of a good experiment |
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| Blind experimental design |
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| The experimental subjects do not know which treatment they are receiving |
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| Neither the experimental subjects nor the experimenter knows which treatment the subject is receiving |
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| A set of analytical and mathmatical tools designes to help researches gain understanding from the data they gather |
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| Meaning that when one variable increases, so does the other |
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| Individuals make scientific sounding claims that are not supported by trustworthy, methodical scientific studies |
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| Bases on only one or a few observations, people conclude that there is or is not a link between two things |
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| A substance that cannot be broken down chemically into any other substances |
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| negatively charged particles |
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| particles that have a positive charge |
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| particles that have no electrical charge |
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| Strong bonds formed when two atoms share electrons |
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| One atom transfers one or more of its electrons completely to another |
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| formed between a hydrogen atom in one molucule and another atom in another molecule |
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1. cohesion
2.large heat capacity
3. low density as a solid
4. good solvent |
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| how acidic or basic a fluid is |
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| Four types of macromolecules |
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1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids
3. Proteins
4. Nucleic Acids |
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- C, H, and O
-Primary fuel for organisms
-Cell structure
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Made of 3-7 carbon atoms
-two common monosaccharides are glucose and fructose |
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| Contains more than one sugar unit or building block |
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| Two simple sugars can be joined together to make this |
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- energy can be stored in this complex carbohudrate
-consist of 100 or more glucose molecules joined together in a line |
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