Bju 7Th Grade Life Science Chapter 1

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science

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the systematic investigation of the natural world based on observations; the body of knowledge that has resulted from this study

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observation

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the information gathered from the environment by one's senses; the gathering of such information

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inference

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to make a decision based on the available evidence

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universal negative

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a statement that excludes everything; often uses words such as all or none

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value judgement

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a decision regarding the rightness, beauty, worth or source or some other unmeasurable characteristic of an object or action

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final answer

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an answer that is absolutely true and therefore never needs to be rejected, revised, or corrected

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scientism

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the belief that scientific observation is the only way to learn about the world and that science can yield answers in all fiends of study

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presupposition

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something a person assumes to be true without requiring the convincing proof

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world view

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the perspective or collection of presuppositions from which one interprets all evidence in life

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Christian Worldview

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A Christian perspective of the world based on the Bible; usually organized in terms of creation, fall, and redemption

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Dominion Mandate

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The charge that God gave to humanism in Genesis 1:28 to exercise dominion, or stewardship, over the earth

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Fall

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Mankind's first sin and the curse that resulted from that sin

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scientific method

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a logical problem solving method that involves experimenting or surveying, observing, and choosing an answer

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hypothesis

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an educated guess at the solution to a problem

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data

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recorded information from an experiment or survey

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survey

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a method of data collection that determines how common or rare particular observations are; the data collected by this method

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experiment

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a situation or process designed and controlled by a person for the purpose of gaining data about a particular problem; tests a particular hypothesis

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experimental variable

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the factor or condition being tested in an experiment

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experimental group

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the group that receives the experimental variable

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classify

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to arrange experimental data so that relationships can be seen; to assign or arrange organisms in a praticular group

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verify

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to test many times and observe the same result each time

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Control group (Andrea did not get this off the board but it was a vocab word in the chapter)

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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to the experimental variable