Unit 1 assignment 3 Instructor Deborah Bird Bio 100 web and classroom Page1 The Characteristics of the Science Assignment 3 – 20 points Name ______________________ 1. Empirical. Name three other processes happening in your body that are measureable (think about your doctor’s visit). a) b) c) 2. Uniformatarnism Look through your text book and name 3 things that all living things have in common with one another. a) b) c) 3. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/01.html Click on the Cosmic perspective and listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson museing about how scientists approach uncertainty and bad news. Give a brief summary of his view on uncertainty.Unit 1 assignment 3 Instructor Deborah Bird Bio 100 web and classroom Page2 4. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/dimming.html What is global dimming? Go to the slide show and click on the title. List the titles of the slide. (We will be looking at this phenomena later in the course.) Can science take a long time to support a conclusion from another scientists? 5. Go to http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cancer Go to the key points and summarize what a doctors have learned about smoking since the end of World war
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