Chapter 1.5-1.8 : Invitation to Biology

Mental process of judging information before accepting it.

Systematic study of nature.

Testable explanation of a natural phenomenon.

Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation.

System similar to an object or event that cannot itself be rested directly.

A statement, based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is not wrong.

Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing, and is useful for making predictions about other phenomena.

A group of objects or individuals that is identical to an experimental group except for one variable.

A test designed to support or falsify a prediction.

A group of objects or individuals that display or are exposed to a variable under investigation.

A characteristic or event that differs among individuals.

Difference between results derived from testing an entire group of events or individuals, and results derived from testing a subset of the group.

Refers to a result that is statistically unlikely to have occurred by chance.

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