Guided Notes – Biology:  The Dynamics of Life                                              

The Methods of Biology – Sections 1.2 and 1.3                                           

Section 1.2

1.      How do scientists often identify problems to solve or questions to ask and answer?

2.      What is a hypothesis?  What must a scientist do before he/she makes a hypothesis?

3.      What is an experiment?

4.      What is the difference between the control group and the experimental group? 

5.      What is the difference between the independent and dependent variable? 

6.      What are some of the tools scientists use to obtain information in an experiment?

7.      What is data?  What is another name for it?

8.      What are two types of data collection?

9.      How are scientific results usually reported?

10.  How are the results of an experiment verified?

11.  What is a theory?

12.  How is a theory different from a law?

Section 1.3

13.  Explain the difference between quantitative research and descriptive research.  Give an example of each.