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14 Cards in this Set
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Science Vs. Pseudoscience
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Science is based upon empirical evidence and testable hypothesis. Pseudoscience based upon fallacious assumptions or untestable assertions
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Scientific Method
1. Induction |
making generalizations from specific observations
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Scientific Method
2. Deduction |
Making predictions from pre existing generalizations
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Scientific Method
3. Hypothesis |
Making a prediction
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Scientific Method
4. Theory |
a highly successful hypothesis which can be tested
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Scientific Method
5. Scientific revolution |
the set of theories generally agreed upon by scientist in a given discipline
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Catastrophism
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17th and 18th century
all of earths features were produced by a few great, sudden, catastrophic events |
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How do rocks form?
Plutonist |
from percipitation from water
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How do rocks form?
Neptunist |
from the cooling of magma
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Uniformitarianism
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The process's that have shaped the earth in the geological past are essentially the same as those operating today.
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igneous rocks
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formed from the crystallization of lava extruded at the earths surface
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sedimentary rocks
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formed at the earths surface from pre-existing rocks
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metamorphic rocks
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formed from the solid state; alteration of pre-existing rocks formed due to increase remp, increased pressure, and chemically active fluids
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approximate age of earth
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4.53 billion yrs
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