Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. Understandings about scientific inquiry Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. Current scientific knowledge and understanding guide scientific investigations.
Scientific explanations emphasize evidence.
Asking questions and querying others' explanations is part of scientific inquiry. Scientific investigations sometimes result in new ideas for study or generate new methods for investigation. Life Science Structure and function in living systems Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. Important levels of organization for structure and function include whole organisms. The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a combination of traits.