BISC104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cytosine, Chlorine, Nitrogenous Base
16 Dec 2018
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How do we learn about biology? observing ask questions proposing ideas testing discarding/modifying those ideas that fail. Discovery science: aka desc reptile science, based on observations and measurements. Experimentation: attempts to explain observations (perhaps from discovery science, based on scienti c method, making observations, asking questions, proposing ideas (hypothesis, discarding or modifying ideas. Falsi able: where do hypotheses come from, developing a hypothesis, observation, question, hypothesis. Testing: general -> speci c, predictions -> if , then . Hypothesis or theory: what is the di erence, is there a di erence, hypothesis, proposed explanation, narrow, testable, falsi able, theory, broader, generally believed to be true, well supported. Germ theory: microorganisms that are too small to be seen may cause diseases. The main steps of the scienti c method: observation, question, hypothesis, prediction. Tests support or falsify hypothesis: do not prove it, collect data.
