The Study of Life Section 1: Introduction to Biology Section 2: The Nature of Science Section 3: Methods of Science

Biology is the study of life. K What I Know W What I Want to Find Out L What I Learned Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education

Section 1: All living things share the characteristics of life. Section 2: Science is a process based on inquiry that develops explanations. Section 3: Biologists use specific methods when conducting research.

Essential Questions What is biology? What are possible benefits of studying biology? What are the characteristics of living things? What are the characteristics of scientific inquiry? What are the differences between science and pseudoscience? Why is scientific literacy important? Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education The Study of Life

Essential Questions continued What are the differences between an observation and an inference? What are the differences among a control, independent variable, and dependent variable? What are the scientific methods a biologist uses for research? Why are the metric system and SI important?

Vocabulary New continued Review New theory environment law investigation theory New biology organism organization growth development reproduction species stimulus response homeostasis adaptation science New continued theory law peer review ethics observation inference scientific method hypothesis experiment control group experimental group independent variable dependent variable constant data metric system SI The Study of Life Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education