Chapter 1- Vocabulary

Question 0

Science

Answer 0

A means of coming to understand the natural world through observation and testing of hypotheses. Also, a collection of insights about nature, the evidence for which is an array of facts.

Question 1

Life sciences

Answer 1

A set of disciplines that focus on various aspects of the living world. The life sciences include biology and related disciplines such as medicine and forestry.

Question 2

Scientific Method

Answer 2

The process by which scientists investigate the natural world. The scientific method involves the testing of hypotheses through observation and experiment.

Question 3

Theory

Answer 3

A general set of principles, supported by evidence, that explains some aspect of nature.

Question 4

Hypothesis

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A tentative, testable explanation of an observed phenomenon.

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Variable

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An element of an experiment that is changed compared to an initial condition.

Question 6

Biology

Answer 6

The study of life.

Question 7

Evolution

Answer 7

Any genetically based phenotypic change in a population of organisms over successive generations. Evolution can also be thought of as the process by which species of living things can undergo modification over successive generations, with such modification, sometimes resulting in the formation of new species.