Physical Science Vocab From Chapter 1

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an idea that is not proved but that we use as the basis for providing other things

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Presupposition

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An outlook from which a person interprets all of life

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worldview

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God's command given to mankind in Genesis 1:26, 28 to exercise dominion over the world by wisely using the resources he has given us

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Creation Mandate

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free from religious influence

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secular

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the belief that the only things we can know with confidence are the things we learn through scientific study

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Scientism

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anything that is a simplified depiction of a far more complex object or concept

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model

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allows a person to organize what he has observed or knows into an understandable idea

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conceptual model

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the usefulness of something for a particular purpose

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workability

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the study of the evidence for the origin of all things

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Historical science

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a process of reasoning used to suggest what may have caused past events or processes based on observation of current events and processes.

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inference

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an overarching model that describes the behavior of a related set of natural phenomena

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theory

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used as a temporary explanation of a phenomenon

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hypothesis

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the end result of a well tested theories

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laws

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the collection of observations, inferences, and models produced through a systematic study of nature for the purpose of enabling humans to exercise good and wise dominion over God's world.

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science

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deals with two major divisions of the sciences- physics and chemistry

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Physical Science

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the study of matter and energy and how they interact

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Physics

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the study of matter and energy and how they interact.

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Chemistry

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the general standards scientists use for governing their work

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Scientific methodology

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information collected through observation

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data

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documents observations that cannot be numerically measured.

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Qualitative data

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includes any information that is obtained from measurements.

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Quantitative data

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where a scientist's journal is submitted to a number of other scientists who are qualified to review the work for comment and correction.

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Peer review

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the kind of science where scientists can develop answers to natural-world questions by directly testing and observing present-day phenomena

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Operational science

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involves research to discover new facts about the natural world.

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Theoretical science

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involves research to discover new ways to use scientific knowledge for human benefit

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Applied science

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found in Matt 22:37 and tells us to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind

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First Great Commandment

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Because we have dominion over the earth, this textbook uses_________________ instead of the Creation Mandate

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dominion science

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found in Matt 22:39 and tells us to love our neighbor as ourself

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Second Great Commandment

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that which forms an unbroken expanse or series.

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Continuum

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One's inclination about a subject

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Bias

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A generally accepted worldview

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paradigm