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26 Cards in this Set
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In the absence of air, ALL objects, regardless of weight or shape, fall at the ____ rate. |
same |
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The drag that air produces on objects traveling through it is called _____ _____. |
air resistance |
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Science (is or is not) a means by which something can be proven. |
is NOT |
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In the end, all conclusions that science draws are _____. |
tentative
tentative means not certain or fixed |
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A counter example is an example that _____ the conclusion. |
contradicts |
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Science (can or cannot) be used to draw conclusions that are reasonably reliable. |
can |
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_____ was once proposed as the substance contained in things that made them burnable. |
Phlogiston |
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The First Law of Thermodynamics (James Joule) states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes forms. Has science proven this law? |
No. Science cannot prove anything. It's limited to drawing reasonable conclusions. Laws are one counter example away from being disproved. |
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What is the framework in which scientists can analyze situations, explain certain phenomena, and answer certain questions? |
The scientific method |
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The scientific method is the _____ in which scientists can _____ situations, _____ certain phenomena, and _____ certain questions. |
framework, analyze, explain, answer |
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The scientific method begins with _____, allowing the scientist to collect data. |
observation |
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A _____ is an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question. |
hypothesis |
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A hypothesis is an educated _____ that attempts to _____ an observation or _____ a question. |
guess, explain, answer |
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A _____ is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data. |
theory |
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A theory is a _____ that has been tested with a significant amount of _____. |
hypothesis, data |
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A _____ _____ is theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data. |
scientific law |
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A scientific law is a _____ that has been _____ by and is consistent with _____ of data. |
theory, tested, generations |
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Dr. Semmelweis observed that the death rate in his hospital ward _____ significantly after doctors were required to wash their hands prior to working on patients back in early to mid 1800s. |
decreased |
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The scientific method: (1) Make _____; (2) Form a _____; (3) Collect _____; (4) The hypothesis can become a _____; (5) And the _____ can become a _____. |
(1) observations (2) hypothesis (3) data (4) theory (5) theory, law. |
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(1) Lowell formed a hypothesis that _____ existed on Mars. (2) He _____ his hypothesis by observing Mars in detail. (3) Other scientists' observations supported his hypothesis, making it a _____. |
(1) canals (2) tested (3) theory |
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_____ is the phenomena in which certain substances at certain temperatures conduct electricity without any resistance. |
Superconductivity |
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Superconductivity is the phenomena in which certain substances at certain _____ conduct _____ without any _____. |
temperatures, electricity, resistance |
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Ekekiel 26:3-21 predicted that the great island city of _____ would fall at least 250 years before it occurred. |
Tyre |
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Ekekiel 26 also predicted that _____ nations would conquer Tyre, dumping its _____ into the ocean, and that one day this location would become a place where you dry your fishing _____. |
numerous, debris, nets |
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According to Josh McDowell, there are _____ distinct prophesies in the Old Testament that were fulfilled perfectly in the life of Christ! |
332 |
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Zechariah 11:12-13 predicted that Jesus would be betrayed for _____ shekels of silver, which Judas threw to the ground in the temple out of remorse. The priests used this money to buy land for the burial of strangers--land known as the _____ Field. |
thirty, Potter's |
