TOK Essay Natural Sciences - How far do expectations influence observations? Alysia Francis In my opinion I believe that expectations influence or observations greatly. If we think something will happen we are more likely to look hard for it. If we want something to appear then it is more likely that we will think that we see it. An example of this is when people hallucinate. Someone is more likely to see a ghost if they believe or are expecting to see one. In natural sciences when looking
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he consequences of natural selection for all the species that do not vary and that are genetically identical is that the environment around them may cause them to go extinct. The environment has many powerful factors that play a role in natural selection. 2. Thomas Robert inspired Darwin and Wallace to write the theory for natural selection. He was an English clergyman and economist. The essay was about the increase and decrease of resources and population. It said the while the mankind population
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Lab title: Natural Selection Lab Purpose: * To understand natural selection and its effect on population. * Increase‚ decrease‚ survival and adaption Hypothesis: If I have a pink/yellow environment then the pink/yellow organisms will tend to survive. Ind. Variable: color of dots Dep. Variable: how many dots survive Constants: Environment‚ 6 colors/ amount of colors Materials: Cloth color: Pink (dark‚ medium‚ lights) yellow‚ paper dots: pink‚ blue‚ yellow‚ brown‚ green‚ and peach
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Quinton Embray 1/25/15 Philosophy 101 Mr. French Introduction to Philosophy Paper #1 During Socrates’ death sentence in prison‚ Critos’ had a few reasons in explaining to Socrates’ to escape from prison. The first reason‚ Critos’ gave Socrates’ was to think of his children that he still had a responsibility to raise. In which‚ Socrates’ was leaving behind an oldest who was a young man‚ a middle child who was a little boy‚ and the youngest child who was still a baby at the time. Looking threw‚ Critos’
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than once. In addition‚ we should use renewable source of energy. For example‚ meaning turbines can harvest wind for electricity repeatedly without depleting the Earth’s natural resources. Wind is a renewable source of energy‚ meaning turbines can harvest wind for electricity repeatedly without depleting the Earth’s natural resources. Furthermore‚ taking a bike or walking is healthier than taking a car which pollutes air to the atmosphere. Not only we can protect our planet by making sure that
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Explain concisely the philosophical problems of the relation between the mind and body. The mind and our understanding of what it is has been the centre of philosophical debate since the 6th Century BC where the ancient Greeks sort for ways of explaining human action. No longer did the Homeric understanding that human action was simply the result of his environment sufficient‚ an inward search to explain actions took place and as such‚ the concept of psyche was developed. The concept of psyche
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Natural Selection Lab This hands-on laboratory exercise is a highly simplified model that attempts to simulate evolution by means of natural selection. Predators will act as agents of selection on their prey‚ a species whose members vary in color. We will assume that color is an inherited trait. Small squares of paper will represent the prey‚ which will be spread out of a piece of printed colored fabric that will serve as the habitat. The predators (you) will prey upon the population‚ with the surviving
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Biomes and Diversity Extinction is a natural selection process. Should humans strive to preserve a representative sample of all biomes or aquatic zones? Why should humans be concerned with the extinction rate? This is an interesting question. Lets consider the fact that it begins by stating extinction is a natural selection process. This seems to stifle one side of this argument.The side of the argument that rallies humans to be concerned with the extinction rate and strive to preserve a representation
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Individualism is the moral stance‚ political philosophy‚ ideology‚ or social outlook that emphasizes "the moral worth of the individual". Individualists promote the exercise of one’s goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance and advocate that interests of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group‚ while opposing external interference upon one’s own interests by society or institutions such as the government. Individualism makes the individual
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Natural selection would favor groups living in areas with large amount of predators. This is because when individuals live in large groups‚ there are more eyes to watch the predators‚ and therefore‚ more time to eat. Moreover‚ it favors species that usually hunt huge animals because they can catch their prey easily. 2) Optimal flock size in birds has important benefits such as a better possibility of fending off predators. When a group of several birds are watching for predators‚ each individual
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