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

2. Biology is the study of life.K
What I Know W
What I Want to Find Out L
What I Learned
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3. 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.

4. 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?
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5. 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?

6. 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
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