SCIENCE 101 Module 1 DBA:Exam study guide spring 2023

DBA/Module Exam Lesson 1.01: Welcome to Biology - Navigate through the course and all lesson content. Lesson 1.02: Exploring Life - Explain what can and cannot be considered science and how science is practiced. o Can be science: Earth, Organisms, Chemicals o Cannot be science: Art, Religion, Philosophy o Practiced: through the scientific process - Identify and describe science vs. pseudoscience. o Pseudoscience: “fake science”; a practice or belief that claims to be science but does not follow the scientific method - Identify what types of questions can be answered by science and what is beyond the scope of science. o Answered by science: What gases make up the atmosphere of Earth?; To what extent has climate changed over the past 100 years?; How long does it take water to freeze? o Not answered by science: What gives a person’s life meaning?; What career should I pursue after I graduate?; Should mining of phosphates be stopped? - Apply the scientific method to a variety of scenarios. o Purpose o Research o Avoiding Bias o Hypothesis o Experiment o Variables o Independent o Dependent o Controlled o Analysis o Conclusion - Explain the difference between a law and a theory. o Both widely accepted by the scientific community, but difference is a law gives detailed accounts of