Exploring Life - Honors Biology Chapter 3 Scientific Exploration
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Answer the questions as best you can. The boxes will expand as you type if you need more space. (Don't worry if it is a one word answer. The box size is standard.)
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Open the Explore Life CD in a separate window. (If you need help with that ask.)
While there are questions on the CD, they provide answers, so I can't grade their questions. You will get a grade for the answers on this form!
Click on Chapter 3
-At any time you can refer back to the text via the menu on the side-
Start with Concept 3.1
Question 1: In your words describe the difference between discovery science and hypothesis based science.
Click next activity at the bottom of the page.
Go through the "bird" activity.
Question 2: Can you think of any human behaviors that are similar to the pecking behavior of the gull chicks? Is it learned or inate?
Continue to the next activity.
Question 3: What do you think might be the consequence to a male bird that does not learn the song of its species?
Click next activity.
Question 4: Are there human postures you associate with aggression? What might they be?
On the left side of the screen is a table of contents. Click on Lab 3.
We will not be doing this lab. I don't even want to think about termites.
Go through the activity if you have time.
Vocabulary not in the text: - this time you have to look them up on your own
agonistic
alpha male/alpha female
Go through the text chapter on line to refresh your memory of what you read at home :-)
Question 5. List different ways animals communicate. Can you think of ways plants might communicate?
Question 6. Do you think you need a lecture on chapter 3?
If you have time you can go back through the CD for anything else you want to read more about.