Chapter 1

Question 1

The constantly changing complex living material of an organism

Answer 1

Protoplasm

Question 2

“Educated guess”

Answer 2

Hypothesis

Question 3

The difference between a control group and an experimental group

Answer 3

Independent variable

Question 4

Reasoning that begins with general principles and develops specific conclusions

Answer 4

Deductive reasoning

Question 5

In scientific work, one of the primary goals is to find information that is _________.

Answer 5

Workable

Question 6

What is not a method God uses to speak to mankind

Answer 6

Pure science

Question 7

What is not necessary for something to be considered alive?

Answer 7

Locomotion

Question 8

What is the bending of light as it passes through an object?

Answer 8

Refraction

Question 9

What is knowledge that is produced by scientific activities?

Answer 9

Pure science

Question 10

To reduce the possibility of error, what should a scientific experiment not have?

Answer 10

More than one variable

Question 11

How should a Christian view a discovery that contradicts Scripture?

Answer 11

A fallacy

Question 12

Study of life

Answer 12

Biology

Question 13

What is the principle that living things come from only living things

Answer 13

Biogenesis

Question 14

If the results of a scientific experiment are accurate and reliable they are said to be _________.

Answer 14

Valid

Question 15

The ability of a microscope to deliver a clear, detailed image depends on __________.

Answer 15

Resolution

Question 16

To determine how many students own a microscope you should do what?

Answer 16

Conduct a survey

Question 17

Since God is revealed in His creation, what can enhance a Christian’s worship of God?

Answer 17

True science

Question 18

True or false: nonliving things may possess several of the attributes of life.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false: statement 1: all fruits are sweet. Statement 2: lemons are fruit. Conclusion: lemons are sweet.
This is an example of logical reasoning that includes a false statement and thus produces a fallacy as a conclusion.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True of false: science is used to establish truth

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Microscopic organisms found in infusions

Answer 21

Microbes

Question 22

True or false: growth by assimilation can be seen in both living and nonliving things

Answer 22

False

Question 23

True or false: all living things are made up of one or more cells.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True or false: All things accepted by faith are true

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Something that is contradictory to truth

Answer 25

Fallacy

Question 26

The facts discovered by experimentation

Answer 26

Data

Question 27

People’s tendency to find the desired answer in an experiment, regardless of the facts

Answer 27

Bias

Question 28

The ability to respond to a stimulus

Answer 28

Irritability

Question 29

An imaging technique that uses magnets

Answer 29

MRI

Question 30

The group not exposed to the independent variable

Answer 30

Control group

Question 31

Life comes from similar preexisting life

Answer 31

Revealed truth

Question 32

22+44=66

Answer 32

True by definition

Question 33

Man evolved from apes

Answer 33

Fallacy

Question 34

Falling water can be used to make electricity

Answer 34

Unrevealed truth

Question 35

Who? Swan necked flask experiment

Answer 35

Pasteur

Question 36

Who? Father of modern medicine

Answer 36

Hippocrates

Question 37

Who: refuted spontaneous generation

Answer 37

Spallanzani

Question 38

Who: Father of Microscopy

Answer 38

Leeuwenhoek

Question 39

A solution made by boiling grain in water and then used from growing microorganism

Answer 39

Infusion