BIOL 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Midwater Trawling, Neutral Buoyancy, Potassium Chloride
14 Jan 2016
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= indicates an item that has been listed on the learning objectives document. = indicates a clicker question asked during lecture. The use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process. Key points about the nature of science: science originates in questions about the natural world, science uses observations and evidence to construct explanations about phenomena and testable hypotheses. The more observations and other kinds of evidence that support a hypothesis, the better the outcome. Scientists: employ a variety of techniques to investigate the natural world, make their explanations public through presentations and publications, critique the explanations proposed by other scientists. Our typical experience: body temperature of 37 c, 1 atm of pressure. Range of conditions for life: cell/body temperatures from -2 c to 132 c, range of pressures: 1 atm to 1100 atm, conditions at the average depth of the ocean.
