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Title: Biology 1.3 Scientific Thinking and Processes
Description: Freshmen Biology chapter 1.3
Description: Freshmen Biology chapter 1.3
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Key Concepts
● Science is a way of thinking, questioning, and gathering evidence
● A hypothesis shows a relationship that can be tested
● Scientific method of testing a hypothesis
○ Observe
○ Form hypothesis
○ Test hypothesis
○ Analyze data
○ Evaluate results
○ Have to repeat steps at least 5 times
● Biologists use experiments to test a hypothesis
● Experiments allow scientists to determine what causes a phenomenon
● Independent variables are manipulated, or changed by a scientist
● Dependent variables are observed and measured during an experiment; they are
the experimental data
● Constants are conditions that are kept the same
● A theory explains a wide range of observations
● Scientific theories provide examples
Title: Biology 1.3 Scientific Thinking and Processes
Description: Freshmen Biology chapter 1.3
Description: Freshmen Biology chapter 1.3