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Chapter Outline
CORE CASE STUDY How Do Scientists Learn about Nature? Experimenting with a Forest
2-1 What Do Scientists Do?
Individuals matter Jane Goodall: Chimpanzee Researcher and Protector
SCIENCE FOCUS Some Revisions in a Popular Scientific Hypothesis
2-2 What Is Matter and What Happens When It Undergoes Change?
2-3 What Is Energy and What Happens When It Undergoes Change?
2-4 What Are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change?
SCIENCE FOCUS The Usefulness of Models
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER The Hubbard Brook Forest Experiment and Sustainability
Key Concepts
2-1 Scientists collect data and develop hypotheses, theories, models, and laws about how nature works.
2-2A Matter consists of elements and compounds, which in turn are made up of atoms, ions, or
molecules.
2-2B Whenever matter undergoes a physical or chemical change, no atoms are created or destroyed (the
law of conservation of matter).
2-3A Whenever energy is converted from one form to another in a physical or chemical change, no
energy is created or destroyed (first law of thermodynamics).
2-3B Whenever energy is converted from one form to another in a physical or chemical change, we end
up with lower-quality or less-usable energy than we started with (second law of thermodynamics).
2-4 Systems have inputs, flows, and outputs of matter and energy, and feedback can affect their behavior.
ABYSSINIA