BSC 101 ISU Final study guide Graded A +

A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-It's oversimplified A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-It implies one experiment can answer a research question A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-scientific method is not a linear process and is sometimes repeated multiple times A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-It implies science is an independent effort which is not true because there is not a single discovery on earth that didn't have collaborative effort among more than one scientist A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-It doesn't mention the creativity, intuition, serendipity, and imagination science involves A way in which the scientific method is inadequate at describing what science is - Answer-It ignores technology and society Why the claim that evolutionary theory is "just a theory" reflects incorrect understanding of what science is - Answer-Saying "just a theory" is the essence of the myth that hypotheses become theories and theories become laws. Laws are generalizations, principles or patterns in nature, whereas theories are the explanations of those generalizations. science needs provable testable data and evolutionary theory has data that has not been tested How community feedback is provided to scientists through peer review of their scientific investigations - Answer--Critics and fact checkers (the community evaluates evidence and determines if the strength of the claim is as strong as the evidence) -Watch for bias and fraud -collaborative generation of new ideas -Mutual motivation -Sees if claims are strong as the evidenceProperty of life that's shared by all life as we know it - Answer-Have organized structures made of at least one cell. (Can be organized into our biological organization systems) Property of life that's shared by all life as we know it - Answer-Responds to stimuli (Responds to environmental change) Property of life that's shared by all life as we know it - Answer-Reproduces Property of life that's shared by all life as we know it - Answer-Evolve through adaptation by natural selection Property of life that's shared by all life as we know it - Answer-Grow and develop