Section CHAPTER 1 Quick Check Section 3: Methods of Science

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Quick Check Section 3: Methods of Science

After reading the section in your textbook, respond to each statement. 1. Define experiment.

2. Recall types of scientific inquiry that biologists engage in that cannot be completely controlled.

3. Identify the steps in a scientific investigation that must be done before a hypothesis can be formed.

4. Clarify why a scientist can never prove or disprove a hypothesis, but can only test it.

5. Analyze the statement "Even when a hypothesis has not been supported, it is valuable."

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