THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Flashcards

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what are the steps of scientific method?

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  1. Define the problem
  2. Collect and organize information
  3. Form a hypothesis
  4. Test the hypothesis - EXPERIMENT
  5. Observe a record/Organizing Data
  6. Drawing conclusions
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a belief that living organisms could develop from non-living materials

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Spontaneous Generation

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  • to disprove the belief that flies comes from decaying meat
  • he believed that flies developed from eggs laid by other flies
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Francesco Redi

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prove that microorganisms develop from boiled mutton (lamb) broth,

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John Needham

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  • challenged Needham’s result
  • opened the jars and exposed them to microorganisms and showed that microorganisms grew well in the jars that were boiled longer
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Lazzaro Spallanzi

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  • the swan-neck flask experiment
  • father of the bacteriology
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Louis Pasteur

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some traits which are commonly attributed to scientists

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  • curiosity
  • creativity
  • objectivity
  • open-mindedness
  • critical outlook
  • analytical thinking
  • logical thinking
  • strong power of concentration
  • keen power of observation
  • intellectual honesty
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