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What is an observation?

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Gathering information about events or processes in a careful and organized way.

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What is the goal of science?

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To understand and investigate the natural world, explain events in the natural world, and to use these explanations to make useful predictions.

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What is information gathered from an observation?

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Data.

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What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?

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Quantitaive- deals with numbers, easily measurable

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What is an inference?

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A logical interpretation.

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What is a hypothesis?

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A proposed explanation for a set of observations.

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True or false: Scientists need to be willing to change their minds about new ideas and theories that arise.

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True

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What is the idea that life can arise from nonliving matter called?

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Spontaneous generation.

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What did Francesco Redi hypothesize?

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Flies produce maggots that appear on rotting meat.

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What are variables in an experiment?

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The thing that is changed throughout experiments.

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How many variables are changed during a controlled experiment?

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1

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What is the difference between a manipulated and a responding variable?

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Manipulated- constantly changed

Responding- the outcome of the manipulated variable

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What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover?

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Particles were floating around in open water.

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How did Pasteur prove once and for all that spontaneous generation is nonexistent?

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He allowed air to pass through and around rotting meat, but did not allow any bacteria. No living organisms formed until bacteria and other organisms were able to make contact with it.

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What is a theory?

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A well-supported hypothesis.

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What is biology?

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The science that employs the scientific method to study living things.

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What is a cell?

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

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True or false: A cell is the smallest thing that can be considered alive.

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True

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Living things are based off of a universal ____________.

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Genetic code.

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What is the process where organisms keep their internal conditions stable?

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Homeostasis

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What is the largest level of biological study?

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The biosphere.

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What is the most common system of measurement used by scientists?

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Metric system.

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What are compound light microscopes?

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Microscopes that focus visible light rays to amplify a material.

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What are the two main types of electron microscopes?

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SEMs and TEMs.

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What is a group of cells grown in a nutrient solution from a single original cell?

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Cell culture

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What technique to biologists use to separate one part of a cell from another?

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Cell fractionation.

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What is a combination of chemical reactions through which an organism build up or breaks down materials?

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Metabolism.