Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 1: The Science of Marine Biology

Do It Yourself Summary

Read each sentence and identify the word/phrase that you believe correctly completes the statement. Then, click on the arrow to see if your answer is correct.


1. The first major American marine laboratory was located at

2. developed an apparatus to breathe compressed air under water.

3. The behavior of free-living sharks and whales can be studied by use of .

4. Science deals only with phenomena that can be .

5. Reasoning from isolated observations to general principles is called . means using general principles to make specific conclusions or predictions.

6. To be considered scientific, a hypothesis must be . This means that it must at least be possible to prove that the statement is .

7. Such factors as temperature, food supply, depth, and so on, that could have an effect on natural processes are called .

8. A is a scientific hypothesis that has survived extensive testing and is generally accepted.
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