biology test 1 Flashcards
what did darwin come up with
materialistic darwinism
what is materialsitic darwinism
it says only matter and energy exist no god.
what is biblical theism
it says we are not just another species we are Gods creation.
define science
gaining knowledge of the natural world through info gathered by our senses
what is empiricle data
information that scientists gather through observation and experimentation.
what are the four main metaphysical premisis
the material world exists, the iniveerse is logical, our senses provide reliable info, our mind allows us to understand aspects of reality.
what is metaphysical premisis
assumptions that are purely philosophycal
what are the five rules of sciense
- empirical data are the authoritative of all ideas in science
- data must be independently verified result of an experiment-must be reproducable
- honestly, experimental data must reported precisely as observed
4.rules of logic (reasoning) must be used when interpreting data sometimes equally logical interpretations exist. - acclaims razor-when there are multiple interpretations the simplest is most likely true.
what are the two major concepts of biblical thesism
God created the universe and, there is a creator
what is a hypothesis
is an educated guess to explain an observation
what is a animastic
that all things have souls
what is S.G
when living things come from nonliving matter.
who found out about S.G
Aristotle
what are animalcules
bacteria that anton thought was little animals
who made a microscope
anton van leeuwenhoek
what is a theory
its an explanation of data that tends
who was aristotle
he was the guy who found out about vital force
who was redi
Italian physician and poet who demonstrated that the presence of maggots in putrefying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by flies.
what is natural selection
strong rule
name the distance rhymes
king-kilometer
henry-hectometer
died-decameter
monday-meter
drinking-decimeter
chocolate-centimeter
milk-millimeter
micrometer-three under
nanometer-threee under micrometer
what is vital force
the energy that animates living creatures
what ship did darwin trael on
hms beagle
what did darwin conclude after all his travels
there is no creator only natural selection
what is ethics in science
it determines what we do with our science
