BSC 101 Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam
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What is the order of the scientific method myth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Observe
2. Question (prediction & hypothesis)
3. Experiment (independent variable, dependent variable, control, data)
4. Evaluate hypothesis
5. Draw conclusions
Good and bad about the scientific method myth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔good-
scientists test ideas with evidence
bad- oversimplified, implies one experiment can answer a research
question, not linear, implies science is an independent effort, no
creativity/imagination, ignores technology and society
Testing ideas - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gathering data and interpreting data
Science is more ______ than _______ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circular, linear
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,Exploration and discovery - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔making observations, asking
questions, sharing data and ideas, finding inspiration, exploring the
literature *communication is key*
For testing ideas, you must be ______ ______ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔open
minded
Hypothesis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a proposed explanation for a narrow set of
phenomena, the "why" behind a prediction, not guesses, only relevant to a
single study
Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔an explanation that can be used to explain a broad
set of phenomena, ALWAYS have evidence, no contradictory evidence,
predictive, inclusive- encompass many smaller hypotheses, provide
conceptual framework
science is iterative - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔there's always series of experiments
that always circles back to the same question
correction of hypotheses are just guesses - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypotheses are
reasoned and informed explanations
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, correction of theories are just hunches - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔theories are broad
explanations. they are supported by many lines of evidence
correction of if evidence supports a hypothesis, it is upgraded to a theory. if
the theory then garners even more support, it is upgraded to a law -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypotheses, theories, and laws differ in breadth and the
kind of explanation they provide
roles of the scientific community - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. critics and fact-
checkers (before a scientific article becomes published)
2. collaborative generation of new ideas
3. watchdogs for bias and fraud
4. mutual motivation (help motivate each other)
examples of theories - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔evolution of natural selection, climate
change
facts - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔observations about the world around us
laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a statement based on repeated experimental
observations that describes some phenomenon of nature, ex- gravity
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Questions Marking Scheme New Update
| A+ Rated
What is the order of the scientific method myth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Observe
2. Question (prediction & hypothesis)
3. Experiment (independent variable, dependent variable, control, data)
4. Evaluate hypothesis
5. Draw conclusions
Good and bad about the scientific method myth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔good-
scientists test ideas with evidence
bad- oversimplified, implies one experiment can answer a research
question, not linear, implies science is an independent effort, no
creativity/imagination, ignores technology and society
Testing ideas - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gathering data and interpreting data
Science is more ______ than _______ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circular, linear
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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,Exploration and discovery - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔making observations, asking
questions, sharing data and ideas, finding inspiration, exploring the
literature *communication is key*
For testing ideas, you must be ______ ______ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔open
minded
Hypothesis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a proposed explanation for a narrow set of
phenomena, the "why" behind a prediction, not guesses, only relevant to a
single study
Theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔an explanation that can be used to explain a broad
set of phenomena, ALWAYS have evidence, no contradictory evidence,
predictive, inclusive- encompass many smaller hypotheses, provide
conceptual framework
science is iterative - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔there's always series of experiments
that always circles back to the same question
correction of hypotheses are just guesses - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypotheses are
reasoned and informed explanations
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, correction of theories are just hunches - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔theories are broad
explanations. they are supported by many lines of evidence
correction of if evidence supports a hypothesis, it is upgraded to a theory. if
the theory then garners even more support, it is upgraded to a law -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypotheses, theories, and laws differ in breadth and the
kind of explanation they provide
roles of the scientific community - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. critics and fact-
checkers (before a scientific article becomes published)
2. collaborative generation of new ideas
3. watchdogs for bias and fraud
4. mutual motivation (help motivate each other)
examples of theories - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔evolution of natural selection, climate
change
facts - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔observations about the world around us
laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a statement based on repeated experimental
observations that describes some phenomenon of nature, ex- gravity
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