Biology Test Notes part 1

Commands man to subdue the earth

most famous early Hebrew naturalist

idea that living things can arise from nonliving things

ideas of creation without a Creator

Greek philosopher who put together the doctrine of ideas

Plato's most famous student; developed doctrine of intellect

wrote Natural History

so mixed with fact, speculation, and superstition it was of little scientific value

Greek physician who lived in Rome; absolute authority in human anatomy for over a hundred years

wrote Historia Animalium (History of Animals)

"the Father of Anatomy"

the study of the function of body structure

known for his classic work on the circulation of blood through the body

the idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no spiritual or supernatural aspects

most outstanding Jansenist, great mathematician, and scientist

the first person to devote his whole life to studies with the microscope

all living things are composted of living units called cells and of cell products

reasoning from the specific events in nature to their general causes

tentative solutions to a scientific problem

experiments in which all factors are identical except the one being tested

the one factor being tested

the group not experimented on

when a hypothesis has passes the test of many well-designed experiments and has the support of other scientists

if a theory stands the test of time and is verified by experiment after experiment then it may possibly be called a _____

Italian physician; one of the first scientists to present evidence against spontaneous generation

experiments marked the end of spontaneous generation as a scientific possibility

living things can only come from other living things

the idea that science can find answers for all the problems in life