Biology- Chapter 1 (The Scientfic Method)

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Areas of study in biology: (10)

1. Botany (plants)

2. Anatomy (overall structure)

3. Genetics (inheritance)

4. Cytology (cells)

5. Physiology (overall function)

6. Microbiology (small organisms)

7. Taxonomy (classification)

8. Biochemistry (chemical reactions)

9. Ecology (organisms and their environments)

10. Zoology (animal)

Microbiology (3)

-Bacteriology (bacteria)

-Mycology (fungi)

-Virology (viruses)

Steps of the scientific method:(7)

1.Observation (observation can be obtained directly using our senses (seeing or hearing) or indirectly by the use of equipments such as microscopes and thermometers)

2.Hypothesis ( a hypothesis is an educated guess based on observations)

3.Experimentation ( an experiment is designed to test the hypothesis, the results of the experiment will either support or contradict the hypothesis)

4.Collection and interpretation of data (information that arise from the experiment is collected, recorded and analysed)

5.Conclusion (the data from the experiment is interpreted to reach a conclusion)

6.Relating the conclusion to existing knowledge (on the basis of the conclusion reached the hypothesis is;

-supported if the results agree fully

-changed if the results agree partially

-rejected if the results are contradicted)

7.Reporting and publishing results (the results of the experiment should be written down and reported so that they can be analysed and examined by others)