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Chapter 1.2 Scientific Method

Chapter 1.2 Scientific Method. 1. State the problem 2. Observations and research 3. Form a hypothesis 4. Experiment 5. Form a conclusion 6. Repeat the experiment (possible theory). Section 1.3 Summary – pages 19-23. Kinds of Information.

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Chapter 1.2 Scientific Method

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  1. Chapter 1.2 Scientific Method • 1. State the problem • 2. Observations and research • 3. Form a hypothesis • 4. Experiment • 5. Form a conclusion • 6. Repeat the experiment (possible theory)

  2. Section 1.3 Summary – pages 19-23 Kinds of Information • Scientific information can usually be classified into one of two main types, quantitative or qualitative. • Quantitative- can be measured and is recorded as numerical data. Ex: time, distance, mass, volume • Qualitative- is descriptive data and observations. Ex:shape, texture, color, odor

  3. Section 1.3 Summary – pages 19-23 Quantitative information Paramecium Survival Rates • Quantitative data may be used to make a graph • or table. Number of paramecia surviving Temperature

  4. Section 1.3 Summary – pages 19-23 Qualitative information • Observational data—that is, written descriptions of what scientists observe—are often just as important in the solution of a scientific problem as numerical data. • When biologists use purely observational data, they are using qualitative information.

  5. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 The methods biologists use • A hypothesis is an explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested. • Hypothesizing is one of the methods most frequently used by scientists. • A hypothesis is not a random guess.

  6. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Experimenting • To a scientist, an experiment is an investigation that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting information under controlled conditions.

  7. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 What is a controlled experiment? • Some experiments involve two groups: the control group and the experimental group. • The control is the group in which all conditions are kept the same. • The experimental group is the test group, in which all conditions are kept the same except for the single condition being tested.

  8. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Designing an experiment • In a controlled experiment, only one condition is changed at a time. • The condition in an experiment that is changed is the independent variable, because it is the only variable that affects the outcome of the experiment.

  9. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Designing an experiment • While changing the independent variable, the scientist observes or measures a second condition that results from the change. • The change that results from the independent variable is call the dependent variable.

  10. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Verifying results • After results of an investigation have been published, other scientists can try to verify the results by repeating the procedure. • When a hypothesis is supported by data from additional investigations, it is considered valid and is generally accepted by the scientific community.

  11. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Theories and laws • In science, a hypothesis that is supported by many separate observations and investigations, usually over a long period of time, becomes a theory. • A theory is an explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence obtained from many different investigations and observations.

  12. Section 1.2 Summary – pages 11-18 Theories and laws • In addition to theories, scientists also recognize certain facts of nature, called laws or principles, that are generally known to be true.

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