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Chapter 1 ResoucesCh 1 The Study of Biology Objectives:
- Define biology.
- Identify possible benefits from studying biology.
- Summarize the characteristics of living things.
- Explain the characteristics of science.
- Compare something that is scientific with something that is pseudoscience.
- Describe the importance of the metric system and SI.
- Describe the difference between an observation and an inference.
- Differentiate among control, independent variable, and dependent variable.
- Identify the scientific methods a biologist uses for research.