The Scientific Method

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Science

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The organized and objective study of the physical, material and living world

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Botany

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Study of plants

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Zoology

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Study of animals

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Microbiology

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Study of small living things

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Taxonomy

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Classification

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Anatomy

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Overall structure

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Physiology

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Overall function

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Cytology

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Cells

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Biochemistry

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Chemical reactions

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Ecology

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Relationship between living things and their environment

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Genetics

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Inheritance

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What is micro biology divided into

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Bacteriology
Mycology (fungi)
Virology (viruses)

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What is the essence of science

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Knowledge of the pysical world

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Scientific method

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Process of investigation in which problems are identified and their suggested explanations are tested by carrying out experiments

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Observation

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When something is noticed

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Hypothesis

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Ah educated guess based on observations

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Experiment

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Designed to test the hypothesis

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Data

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Info collected on experiments

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Scientific journals

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Journals where procedures and results are often published

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Theory

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Is a hypothesis that had been supported by many different experiments

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Control

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Is used to provide a comparison against which the actual experiment is being judged

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Replicate

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When an experiment is repeated

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Who had the original Petri dish

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Alexander Fleming

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Ethics

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Related to whether fornicate is right or wrong

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Scientific method is based in 6 things, name them..

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• Making observations
• Making a hypothesis
• Carrying out experiments
• Recording results
• Forming a conclusion
• Changing of accepting the hypothesis based on the conclusion

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Principle or law

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Arises from a theory when it is seen always to be true under all conditions over a long period of time

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Name the steps in scientific method

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Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Data
Conclusion 
Relating the conclusion to existing knowledge

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Name the reasons for experiments to be fair

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Sample size
Random selection
Double blind testing
Replicates

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Sample size

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Normally as large as sample as possible is tested for more reliable results

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Random selection

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To prevent bias (unfairness) by the person carrying out the experiment

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Double blind testing

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Prevents person carrying out experiment from unconsciously influencing the results

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Replicated

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Repetition of a test/ complete experiment

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Name the four principles of experiments

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Careful planning and design
Ensure experiment is safe
Design a control experiment
Experiments must be fair

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Explain extent of our knowledge

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The ability to form a hypothesis and design an experiment is dependent on the amount we know relating to our observations

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Give an example of change in the new work

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Antibiotics

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Two features of good experimental design

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Large sample size

Control experiement

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Scientific research published

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Scientific journal

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Limitations of sci meth

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Interupting results

Poor investigation