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Bio Lab
Questions that biologists ask
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/10/2012
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Science deals with...
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Quantifiable, measurable things.
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A hypothesis is
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a tentative answer or explanation to observations.
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Can a hypothesis be inherently right or wrong?
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No, just possible.
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Hypotheses should be written in the form
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"If... then..."
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Control
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Experimental group measured with the same conditions except for a lack of the independent variable.
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Independent variable
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The variable that you manipulate.
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Dependent variable
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The variable you measure that is effected by the independent variable.
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