Biology

• -Individuals in a population vary in their traits, many of which seem to be heritable.
• -A population can produce far more offspring than can survive to produce offspring of their own.
• -Species generally suit their enviroments.

• -He reasoned that individuals with inherited traits that are best suited to the local environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than less fit individuals.
• -Over many generations, a higher and higher proportion of individuals will have the advantageous traits.
• -Evolution occurs as the unequal reproductive success of individuals adapts the population to its environment.

Discovery science...sometimes called descriptive science

Qualitative data

Quantitative data

Hypothesis-based science

Inductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning

Controlled experiment

That scientists control the experimental environment to keep everything constant except the one variable being tested. But that's impossible in field research and not realistic even in highly regulated laboratory environments. Researchers usually "control" unwanted variables not by eliminating them through environmental regulation, but by canceling their effects by using control groups.

To understand natural phenomena

Technology