BIO 156 exam #1 Questions and Answers Solved 100% Correct!!

BIO 156 exam #1 Questions and Answers Solved 100% Correct!! A) What is the definition of biology? - AnswerBiology is the scientific study of life and organisms. B) What is science? - AnswerScience is a tool used to answer certain questions about the natural world. C) When/where does science/scientific method "work" best? - AnswerScience is a tool that works best when we are asking questions and expecting answers in CMW world. D) Why should you make sure that your research question is clear and precise? - AnswerStarting with a clear and precise RQ increases the probability of a clear and precise answer. E) How might you make a RQ more clear and precise? - AnswerDefine, describe, and clarify F) Why is "peer communication" mentioned in step 1 of the H-D scientific method? - AnswerPeer communication should actually occur in an informal way in every step of the H-D scientific method. G) What exactly is a hypothesis? Describe 2 properties of a good/useful hypothesis. - Answer- A hypothesis is one of the many possible answers to the RQ; it is tentative, educated answer to the RQ. - 2 properties: a) valid, it has to make sense. b) testable & it could make predictions about the CMW world. H) List 2 ways a hypothesis and a predication are different. - Answer- a hypothesis is created before predictions are created. - a hypothesis is used to generate predictions. - a hypothesis is much more "general" than a prediction. I) What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory? - Answer- A hypothesis is just one of the possible answers to the RQ. - a theory is one of the best hypotheses -it has tested and shown to be well-supported = it makes true predictions about the CMW world. J) How do we decide if a hypothesis gets to "stay on the list of possible answers" or gets through thrown off the list? - Answer- If the hypothesis makes true predictions, it is considered useful and a "keeper". - If the hypothesis makes false, predictions, it is considered rejected and falsified; therefore it gets thrown out