Introduction

Chapter . Test Slide Activity

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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate between scientific and alternative ways of thinking
  • Describe the attributes of scientific and biological literacy
  • Apply the scientific method to everyday situations
  • Understand the flexibility of the scientific method
  • Design critical experiments to test hypotheses
  • Understand the importance of well-designed and controlled experiments
  • Describe ways to blind experiments
  • Describe the biases that can occur in scientific studies and ways to reduce those biases
  • Understand how statistics can add support to scientific claims
  • Identify pseudoscience and anecdotal evidence masked as scientific evidence
  • Understand the limitations of science as a means to answer questions
  • Understand how hierarchical organization and evolution tie together all the major themes in biology

Match the term with its definition:

Science
Biology
Scientific Literacy
A body of knowledge based on observation, description, experimentation, and explanation of natural phenomena.
The study of living things.
A general, fact-based understanding of the basics of biology and other sciences, the scientific method, and the social, political, and legal implications of scientific information.
Correct.
Incorrect.

The development of biological literacy is important for understanding social, political, medical, and legal issues. This involves the ability to: (Hint: there are three parts to this answer.)

Explain how superstition is different from scientific thinking.

Describe empirical knowledge:

Provide three examples of non-scientific ways of thinking.

While some people envision scientists in labs checking off the steps of the scientificmethod as they work, in reality the scientific method is more of a flexible set of guidelines for scientific thinking.

Put the steps of scientific thinking in order by matching the step with its description.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Draw conclusions and make revisions.
Formulate a hypothesis.
Devise a testable prediction.
Conduct a critical experiment.
Make observations.
Correct.
Incorrect.

Describe what is meant by the term self-correcting in reference to the scientific method:

A __________________________ is defined as tentative explanation for observed phenomena
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Incorrect.