three-million Americans. Scientists have been asking the question of extraterrestrial life for decades. From the famous Roswell UFO in 1947 until December 17 1969, The US Air Force actively investigated reports and sights of UFOs, under a program called Project Blue Book. This program investigated 12,618 UFO sightings and 701 of those cases still remain unidentified. The government has not allowed the knowledge of extraterrestrial life to be known to the public, but they are out there. This is
PROCCESSING OF FINDINGS The average height of an ostrich fern is between 1 metre and 1.82 metres (Croft)and the heights of all the ostrich ferns were within the same range (shown in figure 1). Results of the height of the ferns after the experiment had been conducted and were then tabulated into the experimental group and controlled group rows. The results also show the height difference each fern underwent from the beginningend of the experiment. Average results were shown for both the controlled
In Plato's Gorgias, it is apparent that Socrates has no desire to be a good statesman as it is defined in the eyes of the Athenians. His calculation is that Athenian rhetoricians place no reliance on facts or truth, nor are these their aim. Instead, they rely on the illusion of knowledge, and this morally weakens both themselves and their audiences. It is clear however, that if he wishes, Socrates is able to match most or all of the other statesmen in Athens, as is clearly indicated by his very eloquent
Scientific research is a process that aims to approach reality and to discover the truth by using scientific methods to seek the causes and laws that regulate the course of evolution of a phenomenon or a group of phenomena. The main and basic purpose of a scientific research is to answer critical questions through the application of scientific methods. Scientific research tries to answer questions and problems based only on what it can be verified through empirical reality and factual knowledge.
“The Perils of Obedience”, written by Stanley Milgram in 1973, explores how her experiment demonstrated people’s affinity to obey orders even if it means someone will get hurt. Milgram is a leading social psychologist who disproved previously considered notions about obedience and authority. Her work demonstrates how obedience trumps morality and gives support for this phenomena with examples from history. By using different participants’ reactions, the author is able to analyze the meaning behind
My hypothesis for this experiment was not what I expected it to be. Instead of having each section grow in size due to the solution was incorrect. I only had my 1% with solution grow. This is the lowest concentration level I had and my lowest number of brine shrimp in the section without concentration as well. The other sections with my 5% and my 10% concentration ended up with no hatched eggs at all. This could be due to enviornmental reasons. Due to the enviornment brine shrimp usually have
Pill bugs (Rollie Pollie): The Effect of Isopod Behavior on Wet vs Dry Stimuli Abstract: There are two main purposes for this experiment. First, isopods were observed so that their behavior could be recorded. Second, we exposed the isopods to a wet cotton ball and dry cotton ball, to determine which stimuli the pill bugs (or Rollie pollies) preferred over the other. In the experiment, five different pill bugs were removed from their usual habitat and placed in a choice chamber 1 pill bug at a time
preference for oviposition choice. Oviposition is the process of a female insect laying her eyes on plant parts and other materials, which can be influenced by many factors. The bean beetle eggs are opaque and clear, which allowed us to test the hypothesis that C. maculatus prefer the darker red Adzuki beans over the white Black-eyed peas for oviposition choice. Two different colored bean types were used, the red Adzuki beans and the white Black-eyed peas. We placed three female and two male bean
The Scientific Method is a way to answer and ask scientific questions by creating a hypothesis and creating an experiment. The steps of the scientific method include: asking a question, background research, creating a hypothesis, test your hypothesis by doing an experiment, analyzing the data, drawing a conclusion, and finally publishing your results. There are many places in the book The Hot Zone by Richard Preston in which steps of the scientific method are used, the first one I found was during
Our hypothesis was that the crayfish would show metabolic compensation when they are acclimated at different temperature. Our prediction for this experiment was that there would be no difference between oxygen consumption between cold acclimated crayfish and warm acclimated crayfish. Based on our t-test result, the p value was greater than 0.05(p=0.25). Therefore, it supported the prediction that there was no significant difference of the rate of oxygen consumption between warm and cold acclimated
choice. And you´ll need to have a chart to record your observations on every 10 minutes. For each trial you need to record your data and observe the worms movements and interactions among each other. Each trial will either support or reject the hypothesis stated. Each lab experiment determines what type of environment red worms are accustomed too. And how they adapt towards different types of stimulus. Do they prefer moist environments over dry
The data in both sets seem to support the hypothesis that when the number and type of predators is increased, the guppies become more drab. Instead of just testing the bright guppies with these variables, drab guppies were tested as well to insure accurate representation. The first trials data were consistent with the hypothesis, the percentage of bright guppies stayed stayed about the same when the amount of predators was low. In trial two more predators was introduced therefore the percentage of
In this experiment, the hypothesis of having planaria to grow with the living conditions of Powerade or Gatorade was not supported. When going through and reading the statics all the planaria died with each experiment that I decided to do. I decided to put 10 drops and 20 drops of Powerade into a petri dish with 10 planaria in each petri dish along with 40 mL of spring water. With the results given it appeared that it was too much Powerade so, I decided to reduce the amount of dosage given with
stuffing in grams. Two control variables are the scale we used and the same brand of cookies. My hypothesis was if I measured the mass of the filling in the Double-Stuff and regular Oreos, then it would show that Double-Stuff Oreos do not have “double the stuff” because the mass of the Double-Stuff Oreo’s filling would be less than double the mass of a regular Oreo’s filling. My group chose this hypothesis because we believed that the filling in Double-Stuff Oreos is less than twice the mass of the
1) Hypothesis and Null Hypothesis for experiments For the experiment involving the red blood cells, the proposed hypothesis is that if blood cells are placed into a hypotonic solution of distilled water, then the cells will undergo a process called hemolysis where they swell and burst. For this experiment, the null hypothesis is that if blood cells are placed into a hypotonic solution of distilled water, then the cell will not undergo hemolysis. For the experiment involving the elodea plant, the
Scientific Method Problems or questions may arise in your life everyday at any time. The scientific method is a series of steps that help you figure out how to fix these problems or answer these questions. These steps are as follows: observations, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion or results. It has been said that the scientific method is “the best way yet discovered for winnowing the truth from lies and delusion.” (Wudka, 1998) As an example, I will use the situation of how long it takes me to
site, big or small seed, and high or low feeder. The data were collected from different study groups from different time of the day, the experiment started from the beginning of October, and last for 1 week. Before this lab, we came up a null hypothesis that all Chickadee, Titmouse and Nuthatch will show no preferences on seeds size, feeding gradient and habitat sites, which means they will choose open and close sites, large and small seeds,
Scientific Method has been used frequently. It was almost a universal term in all classes but it usually pertained to conducting some type of research. As illustrated in basic form the scientific method follows a series of steps as in purpose, research, hypothesis, experiment, analysis and conclusion. Although these steps are commonly remembered the scientific method is further explored by other steps and an important one is the scientific theory. The role of theory in a scientific
What factors will squirrels take into consideration when they make their dietary choices about acorns? Liying Guo 11/9/2014 Abstract: The squirrel is a kind of seed-predator feeding mostly on seeds and nuts, especially on acorns. For seed-predators, the dietary choices and caching management strategy are of vital significance for their lives. What factors squirrels will take into consideration when they make their dietary choices about acorns is a very interesting research topic in animal behavior
Developmental psychology, which is also known as Human Development, is the study of progressive psychological changes that occur in human beings as they get older. Development is the series of age-related changes that happens over the course of a lifespan. People pass through different stages in a specific order and each stage builds on top of another and we develop capacities through those stages. Developmental psychologists have come up with their own theories as to how human beings develop. This