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25 Cards in this Set
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worldview |
overall perspective that we use to see and interpret |
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presuppostions |
ideas not proven to be true |
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secular |
people without a christian worldview |
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sediment |
small particles made up of rock, clay, and soil |
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creation mandate |
includes the idea that people should fill the earth and study it and to have dominion over the earth |
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scientific process |
when scientists do thier work they have a plan of attack |
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hypothesis |
an educated guess |
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collecting data |
to record it |
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analyzing data |
to study the recorded information |
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model |
data that deplicts (shows) information at a smaller scale |
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operational science |
daily science |
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dominion science |
helping other humans is a sacred objective of dominion science |
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earth science |
it is a powerful tool to help others and it helps us imitate God and observing the earth |
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laws |
models are scientific laws |
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theory |
theories are models that scientists use as framework to explain their observations |
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data |
any information a scientist collects by observing nature |
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measured data |
when you measure something |
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descriptive data |
when scientist observe and write descriptions on their observations |
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historical science |
is figuring out how things got here and relies on what a scientist worldview is |
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hydrologists |
studies the surface and underground fresh water |
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geologist |
they study the solid rocky part of the earth |
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engineers |
they use technology to solve problems |
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marine scientist |
they study anything related to the ocean |
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meteorologists |
they study weather and model the earths atmosphere |
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astronomers |
they study everything outside earths atmosphere |