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Biology ,[object Object],The Nature of Science,[object Object]
Language of Science,[object Object],Bios – life,[object Object],Ology – the study of,[object Object],Etymology – the study of language or words,[object Object],The etymological background of the word science is from the Latin word scientia, meaning knowledge. ,[object Object],Latin or Greek backgrounds,[object Object]
Branches of Biology,[object Object],Botany – the study of plants,[object Object],Zoology – the study of animals,[object Object],Ecology – the study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment,[object Object]
What is Science?,[object Object],Science is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world and the body of knowledge scientists have built up after years of using this process.,[object Object],Biology is the science that seeks to understand the living world.,[object Object],The goal of science is to investigate and understand nature, to explain events in nature, and to use those explanations to make useful predictions.,[object Object]
Science begins with observations – often taking data on what you see, hear or smell ( The five senses),[object Object],data – the information gathered from observations,[object Object],
,[object Object]
Types of Data,[object Object],Quantitative – numbers, measurements,[object Object],Qualitative – characteristics, descriptive,[object Object]
????’s,[object Object],Inference –a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience (Ex.  You see a window broken and a baseball on the floor next to the shattered glass.  You can -infer- that a baseball broke your window),[object Object],Hypothesis – a proposed scientific explanation.  This statement is testable and can be confirmed with experimentation or further observation.,[object Object],Prediction – An if-then statement that shows what you expect to see as a result of an experiment or observation  (Ex.  If fertilizer makes a plant grow faster, then seedlings planted with fertilizer will be taller than the ones planted without fertilizer),[object Object]
Steps of the Scientific Method,[object Object],Ask questions, make observations,[object Object],Gather information,[object Object],Form a hypothesis,[object Object],Set up a controlled experiment,[object Object],Manipulated variable – the variable that is deliberately changed (independent variable),[object Object],Responding variable – variable that is observed (dependent variable),[object Object]
Scientific method cont.,[object Object],5. Record and analyze results,[object Object],6. Draw a Conclusion ,[object Object],7. Repeat,[object Object],* See Scientific method in action,[object Object]
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