Science Test One P3 Flashcards
Ethics
Applying moral principles to life
Law
Idea that scientist describe their observation
Model
A representation of an object or system used to analyze, explain, or predict its behavior
Example sentence: The scientist created a model to demonstrate how the solar system works.
Qualitative data
Uses Words and descriptions
Quantitative data
Uses numbers
Theory
An idea, the scientist used to explain the collected
Worldview
The over reaching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world
Naturalism
A philosophical viewpoint that nature and natural laws are the only real things in the world
Example sentence: The novel reflects the author’s naturalism through its focus on the environment.
Organism
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
Example sentence: The biologist discovered a new marine organism in the deep sea.
Cell
The basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms
Example sentence: Cells are the building blocks of life.
3 Things scientists use to classify organisms into domains/kingdoms
How they use energy from their environment, multicellular, unicellular, and nucleus or not