CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE OF LIFE
READING GUIDE
Section 1
What are the objectives of this section?
In your own words, describe the three things that make science different from other human endeavors.
Explain the difference between the two main categories of data.
A hypothesis is NOT a guess. Based on the information at the top of page five, what is a hypothesis?
Section 2
What are the steps in the Scientific Method?
Why is communicating a description of an experiment important?
Give examples of things scientists do in their investigations when experiments are not possible?
Compare the scientific use of the word theory to its common usage.
Section 3
1. Give a brief description of each of the characteristics of life.