BISC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Plant, Peptide, Discovery Science

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The scientific study of life (pg 4) Biology is the scientific study of life. Science: any method of learning about the natural world that follows the scientific method. 2 types of sciences=discovery science and hypothesis-driven science. Discovery science: the process of scientific inquiry that focuses on using observations to. Scientific inquiry is based upon data describe nature. Hypothesis: a tentative explanation that a scientist proposes for a specific phenomenon that has been observed. Scientific method: scientific investigation involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis, and results that validate or modify the hypothesis. A good hypothesis immediately leads to predictions that can be tested by experiments. Theory: a widely accepted explanatory idea that is broader in scope than a hypothesis, generates new hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence. dna. Any scientific theory is backed up by a wealth of supporting evidence.

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