Biology Co1

Question 1

What is Biology?

Answer 1

Biology is the scientific study of life

Question 1

What is Science?

Answer 1

an approach to understanding the natural world
that is based on inquiry:
* a search for information,
* explanations, and answers to specific questions

Question 2

What is Discovery Science?

Answer 2

Science that seeks natural causes for natural phenomena

Question 3

What does Discovery Science do?

Answer 3

It limits the scope of science to the study of structures
and processes that we can verifiably observe and
measure directly or indirectly with the help of tools and technology, such as microscope

Question 4

What is the place of Law and Theory?

Answer 4

laws describe and theories explain

Question 5

What is record Observations?

Answer 5

Data

Question 6

What is Data?

Answer 6

The items of information on which scientific
inquiry is based

Question 7

What does Verifiable data do?

Answer 7

• demystifies nature and
• distinguishes science from supernatural beliefs

Question 8

Why can’t science neither prove or disprove ghosts, evil spirits etc?

Answer 8

Because such explanations are not
measurable and are therefore outside the bounds
of science

Question 9

What is the data of discovery science?

Answer 9

Verifiable observations and measurements.

Question 10

What does the observation of discovery science motivate us to do?

Answer 10

to ask questions and seek explanations.

Question 11

What can most modern scientific investigations can be
described as?

Answer 11

hypothesis-driven science

Question 12

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 12

A tentative answer to a question or, A proposed explanation for a set of observations

Question 13

What does a good hypothesis consist of?

Answer 13

It leads to predictions
that can be tested by experiments

Question 14

What is the order of the scientific method?

Answer 14

-observation
-question
-hypothesis
-prediction
-experiment

Question 15

Is accumulating facts the primary goal of
science?

Answer 15

NOOOOOO

Question 16

Is Scientific investigations the only way of knowing nature?

Answer 16

NOOO science and religion are two examples of separate explanations for nature.

Question 17

What should a broad education include?

Answer 17

Exposure to all
these different ways of viewing the world

Question 18

Is accumulating facts the primary goal of science?

Answer 18

NOOOOO

Question 19

What are facts?

Answer 19

Verifiable observations and repeatable experimental results

And the prerequisites of science

Question 20

What truly advances science?

Answer 20

New theories that tie together a number of observations that previously seemed unrelated

Question 21

What are the cornerstones of science?

Answer 21

The explanations
that apply to the greatest variety of phenomena.

Question 22

What is a theory?

Answer 22

A comprehensive explanation
supported by abundant evidence

And is general enough to spin off many new testable hypothese.s

Question 23

How is a Scientific theory different than a hypothesis?

Answer 23

It is broader in scope than a
hypothesis

Question 24

What are theories required to have in order to be accepted by scientists?

Answer 24

supported by an accumulation of extensive and varied evidence and have not been contradicted by any scientific data

Question 25

What are the 7 processes associated with life?

Answer 25

-Order
-Sensitivity or response to stimuli
-Reproduction
-Adaptation
-Growth and Development
-Regulation
-Homeostasis

Question 26

What is the Mars Rover Curiosity?

Answer 26

A Rover containing several instruments designed to identify bio signatures, substances that provide evidence of
past or present life.

Question 27

How long has it been exploring the surface of the Red planet?

Answer 27

Since 2012.

Question 28

Have signs of life been detected?

Answer 28

NO.

Question 29

How many plants, vertebrates and insect does the diversity of known life include?

Answer 29

-290,000 plants
-52,000 Vertebrates
-1 Million insects

Question 30

What is the estimate of the total number of species?

Answer 30

10 million to more than 100 million