bio 201 unit 1 questions and answers Graded
A+
fact - ✅✅a confirmed observation. can change
Theory - ✅✅well tested and substantiated explanation. stable but can change
law - ✅✅a descriptive generalization about nature. laws can be used to make
predictions. laws describe but do not explain. stable but can change
proof - ✅✅no meaning, because because all science is tentative; nothing in
science can be "proven". in mathematics, proof is possible using logic
Hypothesis - ✅✅statement that is capable of being falsified. not a question
scientific method - ✅✅no such thing as a "scientific method," there are
multiple different ways of generating evidence based understanding
model - ✅✅a tool (physical, conceptual or mathematical) that is used to
advance scientific understanding of a phenomenon by the user of the tool
argument - ✅✅the use of claims, evidence, and reasoning to convince others
Patterns - ✅✅observable features of the natural world that occur repeatedly.
described as the what
A+
fact - ✅✅a confirmed observation. can change
Theory - ✅✅well tested and substantiated explanation. stable but can change
law - ✅✅a descriptive generalization about nature. laws can be used to make
predictions. laws describe but do not explain. stable but can change
proof - ✅✅no meaning, because because all science is tentative; nothing in
science can be "proven". in mathematics, proof is possible using logic
Hypothesis - ✅✅statement that is capable of being falsified. not a question
scientific method - ✅✅no such thing as a "scientific method," there are
multiple different ways of generating evidence based understanding
model - ✅✅a tool (physical, conceptual or mathematical) that is used to
advance scientific understanding of a phenomenon by the user of the tool
argument - ✅✅the use of claims, evidence, and reasoning to convince others
Patterns - ✅✅observable features of the natural world that occur repeatedly.
described as the what
