Miller & Levine Biology Chapter 1.1 - What Is Science?

________ helps cure disease, place satellites, send instantaneous electronic communications, etc., but theres still a lot that remains an unknown.

scientific knowledge

All ________ should be tested, revised, and discussed over time.

scientific ideas

Is science considered a process or a thing?

process

________ is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the world.

science

_________ in the universe are governed by universal laws.

all things

Science continues to _________ over time.

advance

________ is a common style of investigation used to come to scientific conclusions.

scientific methodology

Observing and asking questions, making inferences and forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and making conclusions

what processes does scientific methodology use?

The _________ variable is the one that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable; also called the responding variable

dependent

A group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

what is a control group?