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| variety of life withing an area |
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| How does biodiversity change in the biosphere? |
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| Biodiversity generally increases from Earth's poles to the equator. |
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proposed explanation for a wide variety of observations and experimental results.
CAN NEVER BE PROVEN. |
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| Why/How do theories change? |
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| Theories can change when scientist provide conflicting scientific evidence. |
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| collection of organisms and nonliving things, such as climate, soil, water and rocks in an area. |
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| what is the scientific method and what happens in each stage? |
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Observing - make observations; examine prior research
forming Hypothesis - ask questions; try to explain observations
Testing Hypothesis - collect data (experiment)
analyzing Data - study data and draw conclusions
Evaluating results - judge data and conclusion from other scientists and own experiment |
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* to model living systems that can't be studied directly
*To model complex systems within organism
*to study conplex systems on a very large scale |
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| experimental data collected through observation and measurement. |
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observations and measurements recorded during an experiment.
qualitative - words
quantitative - numbers |
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| condition or factor taht is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment |
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| condition that is controlled so that it does not change during an experiment. |
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| How do the parts of a biosphere interact? |
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| each aprt is connected to all the other parts. |
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| all chemical processes that synthesize or break down materials within an organism. |
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| group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring. |
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| change in species over time |
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| inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organism to better survive in their environment. |
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*develop biotechnology
*monitor global change
*improve human health
*make ethical decisions |
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