📌 Science and biology restrict explanations of phenomena to natural explanations rather than supernatural explanations.
1. What does biology study?
2. What is currently known about where life exists?
3. Which kind of explanation is admissible within scientific accounts of phenomena?
What does biology study?
Living organisms and their interactions with one another and their environments.
What kind of explanations do science and biology use for phenomena?
Natural explanations rather than supernatural explanations.
How does inductive reasoning reach a general conclusion?
It uses related observations.
What does deductive reasoning use to forecast specific results?
A general principle or law.
What does the scientific method include?
Defined research steps, including experiments and careful observation.
What can researchers propose when experimental data do not support a hypothesis?
A new hypothesis.
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