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introduction
Zoology as a SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
ANIMAL
Characteristics:
1. capable of locomotion
2. irritable and responds quickly to a
stimuli - due to the presence of the
nervous system
3. heterotrophs
4. inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide
5. don not posses cell walls
6. animals have limited growth (set by
genes)
What is a PROBLEM?
- it should be relevant and testable
- it must come from observations and experiences
III. HYPOTHESIS | remain to be tested and proven
- scientific guess that has temporary answer or
solution to the problem
- to have a scientific value on the basis of the
hypothesis, the scientist must deduce its consequences
(DEDUCTIVE REASONING) to make predictions about
future observations