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Investigation and Experimentation
CSET
14
Engineering
Beginner
01/30/2016

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Scientific Method
Definition
  1. Identifying a problem or posing a question 

  2. Formulating a hypothesis or an educated guess 

  3. Conducting experiments or tests that will provide a basis to solve the problem or answer the question  

  4. Observing the results of the test 

  5. Drawing conclusions

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Lab Report
Definition
Title, Abstract, Purpose, a control and one variable
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Chromatography
Definition
  1. Used to separate and analyze mixtures 

  2. Paper, thin layer, gas

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Centriugation
Definition
Like a salad spinner to split them
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Spectrophotmetry
Definition
Measure the amount of visible light absorbed by a colored solution
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Electrophoresis
Definition
Process whereby molecules are saparated using electrical charges
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Calorimetry
Definition
Used to determine heat released or absorbed in a chemical reaction
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Titration
Definition
Determines the precise endpoint of a reaction
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Charles Darwin
Definition
  1. Survival of the fittest, better suited have better chance of surviving  

  2. Specualted about a common ancestor

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
Observed first sinegle cell organism with magnifying glasses
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Carl Linnaeus
Definition
Created a method to classify plants and animals
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Barbara McClintock
Definition
First genetic map for maize was able to demonstrate basic genticic
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Gregor Johann Mendel
Definition
Pea plants to observe for inherited traits
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James Watson and Francis
Definition
Co discoverers of the DNA 
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