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What is the current estimated number of species on the Earth?
10 - 100 million
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Suppose you spent one horu studying each species on Earth. If there are 10 million and you studied 8 hours every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, how long would it take you to complete the course?
almost 3,500 years
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What is anatomy?
the study of biological structure
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What is the etymology of "anatomy"?
"ana" means up and "tomy" means to cut
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What is a simple, but useful difinition of anatomy?
the study of biological structure
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What is the science of relating and interpreting observed biological structures?
morphology
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What is a simple, but useful definition of physiology?
the study of biological function or the study of life's processes
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What is a simple, but useful definition of biology?
the study of life
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How do anatomy and physiology relate to biology?
they are specialties within biology
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What are three important attributes of the scientific method?
confidence, honesty, and humility
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What is an anecdote?
a short narrative of an interesing, amusing, or biographical incident
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Is anecdotal evidence useless?
No. It may be used to form an hypothesis
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What are the two general types of knowledge within the base of knowledge of science?
personal & universal
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What is a hypothesis?
something that is testable
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What is the key characteristic of an hypothesis used in the scientific method?
testable
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What is the key characeristic of the data collected for use in the scientific method?
reproducible
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In what type of publication are scientific findings communicated within science?
peer-reviewed journals
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Science is a way of knowing. What is it limited to?
the natural world
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Based on the scientific method, what are some important characteristics of the type of information that would be best to use in evaluating issues related to science?
peer-review research
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