Bio 101 lab quiz 1

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What is the Scientific Method

scientific method is a process used to test a hypothesis by making a prediction, conducting an experiment, collecting data, and using the results to support or reject the hypothesis.

What are the steps of the scientific method

hypothesis, experiment, treatment group, control, data, bais vs objectivity, replicate, prediction, conclusion.

Whats an observation?

Something you notice that makes you ask a scientific question.

Whats an hypothesis?

A testable explanation for an observation.

Whats an prediction?

The specific result you expect if your hypothesis is correct.

whats an experiment?

a change to one variable while keeping other conditions as consistent as possible.

whats Treatment Group

The group that receives the experimental treatment.

whats a Control group

The group that does NOT receive the experimental treatment.

whats the Experimental control

Keeping everything the same except the variable being tested.

whats Data

The information or measurements collected during an experiment.

Bias

Favoring a certain result or outcome.

Objectivity

Recording and interpreting results based on evidence, not expectations.

Independent variable

What the scientist changes.

Dependent variable

What the scientist measures.

Natural selection

When individuals with helpful traits survive and reproduce more.

Selective pressure

An environmental factor that affects survival or reproduction.

Adaptive trait

A trait that helps an organism survive or reproduce.

Genetic variability

Differences in traits among individuals of the same population