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Driven Science

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Hypothesis

Deductive Reasoning

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Discovery science

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Descriptive, observation driven

Inductive reasoning

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Scientific Method

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Observation, Question, Hypothesis/Null Hypothesis, experiment, conclusions

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Good hypothesis

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Possible explanation for an observation
Testable
Leads to Predictions
Shows relationship between 2 things

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Stem Cells

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Cells that can become anything

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Scientific questions

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Must be testable

Parts of question must be definable

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Levels of treatment

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Actual values of independent variable

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Controlled/standardized variables

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What you keep the same throughout an experiment

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Francesco Redi

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Tested spontaneous generation w/ meat and flies

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Louis Pasteur

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Tested spontaneous generation with broth

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Hypothesis vs. Theory

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Hyp: possible explanation
Theory: Accepted explanation

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What does science and evolution explain?

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What we see

Unity and diversity of life

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Acquisition of knowledge

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Can occur in natural settings
Contrived settings
Can be passive
Can be active

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Line graph

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Each measurement is related

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Bar graph

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Single observation

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Scatter plot

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Each data plot completely independent

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First law of thermodynamics

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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed

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Second law of thermodynamics

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Degree of disorder in the universe tends to increase

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Transcription

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The synthesis of RNA from DNA

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Translation

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The synthesis of Protein from RNA

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Plasma Membrane

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  1. Really thin, fragile
  2. Same structure for everything
  3. Doesn’t define shape
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Tree of Life

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3 Branches:

  1. Eukaryotes
  2. Bacteria
  3. Archaea
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variation

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  1. environmental

2. selects for genetic info

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Phylogeny

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Branch of Bio that studies evolution realtionship

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ecology

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  1. study of how organisms interact with one another and with their environment
  2. How humans impact the world

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