BIOL 1104 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
What is science? - Correct Answers -a systematic process for learning about the world
and testing our understanding of it.
What is biology? - Correct Answers -The study of life
describe the scientific method, including the steps involved - Correct Answers -
Scientists ask questions and try to answer these questions.
This occurs through making observations, conducting experiments and gathering
scientific data.
This include the process of observations, making hypothesis, conducting experiments,
analyze results and data and make conclusion.
When does a scientific hypothesis become a theory? - Correct Answers -Multiple
rounds of hypothesis testing may lead to a scientific consensus, ultimately being labeled
as a scientific theory.
Know the five (5) central themes in Biology - Correct Answers -- evolution
- structure and function
information flow, exchange and storage
- pathways and transformations of energy/matter
- system
Why do scientists like to classify organisms? - Correct Answers -Due to the extensive
number of organisms that have existed or currently exist on Earth, scientists have
developed methods to put related organisms into different groups.
What is taxonomy? - Correct Answers -The science of naming and classifying
organisms
What does a scientific experiment do (support or disprove the hypothesis)? - Correct
Answers -Testing a hypothesis in various ways provides additional support and
increases our confidence in the hypothesis.
Why is scientific knowledge never final? - Correct Answers -Because all science
knowledge is tentative and provisional
What is science? - Correct Answers -a systematic process for learning about the world
and testing our understanding of it.
What is biology? - Correct Answers -The study of life
describe the scientific method, including the steps involved - Correct Answers -
Scientists ask questions and try to answer these questions.
This occurs through making observations, conducting experiments and gathering
scientific data.
This include the process of observations, making hypothesis, conducting experiments,
analyze results and data and make conclusion.
When does a scientific hypothesis become a theory? - Correct Answers -Multiple
rounds of hypothesis testing may lead to a scientific consensus, ultimately being labeled
as a scientific theory.
Know the five (5) central themes in Biology - Correct Answers -- evolution
- structure and function
information flow, exchange and storage
- pathways and transformations of energy/matter
- system
Why do scientists like to classify organisms? - Correct Answers -Due to the extensive
number of organisms that have existed or currently exist on Earth, scientists have
developed methods to put related organisms into different groups.
What is taxonomy? - Correct Answers -The science of naming and classifying
organisms
What does a scientific experiment do (support or disprove the hypothesis)? - Correct
Answers -Testing a hypothesis in various ways provides additional support and
increases our confidence in the hypothesis.
Why is scientific knowledge never final? - Correct Answers -Because all science
knowledge is tentative and provisional
