The Scientific Method Flashcards
Science
The organized and objective study of the physical, material and living world
Botany
Study of plants
Zoology
Study of animals
Microbiology
Study of small living things
Taxonomy
Classification
Anatomy
Overall structure
Physiology
Overall function
Cytology
Cells
Biochemistry
Chemical reactions
Ecology
Relationship between living things and their environment
Genetics
Inheritance
What is micro biology divided into
Bacteriology
Mycology (fungi)
Virology (viruses)
What is the essence of science
Knowledge of the pysical world
Scientific method
Process of investigation in which problems are identified and their suggested explanations are tested by carrying out experiments
Observation
When something is noticed
Hypothesis
Ah educated guess based on observations
Experiment
Designed to test the hypothesis
Data
Info collected on experiments
Scientific journals
Journals where procedures and results are often published
Theory
Is a hypothesis that had been supported by many different experiments
Control
Is used to provide a comparison against which the actual experiment is being judged
Replicate
When an experiment is repeated
Who had the original Petri dish
Alexander Fleming
Ethics
Related to whether fornicate is right or wrong