LESSON 2 Flashcards
System of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomenon and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation
SCIENCE
Characteristics of Science
Materialism
Testability
Repeatability
Self-correcting
: grounded in material causes and cannot violate natural law.
Materialism
: forms hypothesis that can and must be tested experimentally against the material world
Testability
: results obtained through experimental testing must, for the most part, hold true time and again
Repeatability
: If later observations/experiments contradict the former conclusion, the theory must be revised or rejected
Self-correcting
How does science works
Curiosity
Questions
Observation
Hypothesis and Prediction
Experimentation
Conclusion
Communication
Modify or trash
- Without it, humankind would not be driven to divine the truths of the universe
Curiosity
present problems to be solved
Questions
- Because of prejudice, scientists must strive to separate reality from inference
Observation
- We use information from observation to suggest explanations and answers through hypothesis
Hypothesis and predictions
- Predictions must be tested in controlled experiments
Experimentation
- What does the data mean?
Conclusion
- Publication through academic journals
Communication
- Study of the bodily process
Physiology
- Study of the development of animals from a fertilized egg to birth or hatching
Embryology
- Study of the transmission of inherited traits
Genetics
- Study of the interaction of animals with other animals and with the physical environment
Ecology
- Study of the structure and entire animals and their parts
Anatomy
- Study of tissues
Histology
- Study of cells and the function of cell parts
Cytology
- Study of interaction biology between RNA, DNA, and protein biosynthesis
Molecular
- study of protozoans
Protozoology