chapter 1 (#1) Flashcards

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science

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looking at natural world.
orginized information.
providing evidence.

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hypthesis

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explanation based on evidence.

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data

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information.

quanitative- can count/measure

qualitative- describing

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inference

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explanation based on prior knowlodge

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experiment

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testing hypothesis.

(controlled experiment)

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controlled experiment

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only change 1 variable (thing).

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manipulative variable (independent)

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variable that changes in controlled experiment.

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responding variable (dependent)

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variable changes accurding to manipulative variable.

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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used microscope to see orginisms

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Zacherious Jansen

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invented microscope

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Francesco Redi

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challanged concept “spotanious generation”
experiment: 2 meats, one covered one uncoevered. over time magots appeared on uncovered one. prooves something must come from someting.

(flys were able to touch meat and make maggots)

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spontanious generation

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something coming from noting

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John Needhom

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heated gravy, killing all micro-orginisms, after time micro-orginisms are back!

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Spallanzanis

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boiled gravy, closed one and not the other. closed one was clean but uncovered on was infested.

prooves micro-orginisms come from the air. not spontanious generation

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Louis Pasteur

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took flask and bent top, boiled broth. no orginsims for 1 year. broke off curve micro-orginsms came.

prooves- living things come from something.

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