Scientific Method and Terms Flashcards
What is biology?
The scientific study of life.
What is science?
To study and discover how nature works.
When was modern science developed?
Around the 1500s with the empirical method.
What is the empirical method?
The critical testing of how things work.
What are the 4 parts of the scientific method?
The introduction, the set up and procedures, the results, and the conclusion.
What is the introduction in the scientific method?
The background of what is known and what is being tested.
What is a hypothesis?
A testable statement.
What are the set up and procedures in the scientific method?
How you are testing and what the conditions are.
What is a control group and an example?
The group that does not receive the treatment. Ex: Specific diet, specific activities, specific sleep schedule, and placebo pill.
What is an experimental group and an example?
The group that receives the variable. Ex: Specific diet, specific activities, specific sleep schedule, and weight loss pill.
What are the results in the scientific method?
The data and listing of it.
What is the conclusion in the scientific method?
Interprets results and whether they support the hypothesis or reject it.
What are the requirements for a scientific study?
Must be measurable, observable, repeatable, falsifiable, and be able to be independently observed.
What is the spontaneous generation theory?
Life will be produced from non-living matter under suitable conditions.
Who was Francesco Redi?
A scientist in the 1600s who tested spontaneous generation theory.
