Review Sheet for Midterm Exam - Fall 2010

This list may not be all-inclusive, but should help you to get prepared for the exam. Remember, as always, feel free to see me if you have any questions or if you are unclear about anything on this review. Good luck!

You should be able to do/explain the following:

Topic: What is Science?

Describe the scientific method and, if given an appropriate scenario or question, design an experiment that follows this method.

What is the purpose of science - what is science?

Observe ? Hypothesis ? Experiment ? Data ? Sig Results ? Conclusion

Explain what the types and purposes of controls are.

Controlled Variables: things we want to keep the same

Critique short experimental designs (find possible scenarios on BB)

Distinguish between dependent...