Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is life science?
Life science is the study of living things
What is bias?
Bias is seeing what you want to believe
What are some limits of science?
Science does not deal with things that cannot be observed.
What should scientific thinking as a Christian do?
It should glorify God and it allows us to see God’s character.
What is naturalism?
Naturalism is the worldview that nature is the ultimate reality
According to a biblical worldview what should my purpose be?
To spread the gospel and glorify God
What’s wrong with the world?
We are under the curse of sin
What is the scientific method?
The scientific method is a step by step process that helps you to answer certain questions
What is the first step of the scientific method?
The first step is to define the problem
What is the second step of the scientific method?
It is to form a hypothesis which is an educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is an educated guess of the outcome of an experiment and should be an if, then statement
Step 3 of the scientific method
Th third step is to test the hypothesis and record the outcome of the experiment
What do lipids do
Lipids are fat and they are important for health they store energy in the body they compose the boundaries of cells they also transport molecules
What is protein
Proteins are the building blocks of cells and are composed of amino acids
What are nucleic acids
They are the DNA and RNA they contain the instructions to make everything needed for life
