chapter 1 Flashcards

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1
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the statement God created the earth is based on _________

A

faith

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2
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the commandment to subdue and use the earth and its resources for God’s glory and man’s benefit is called ___________________

A

the Creation Mandate

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3
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the curse affected _______________

A

everyone

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4
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a mistake in reasoning is called __________

A

fallacy

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5
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which of the following is NOT an example of faulty reasoning

A

deductive reasoning

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6
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using the results of experiments to formulate a scientific theory is an example of _____________

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inductive reasoning

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7
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the first law of thermodynamics is also known as the principle of ________________

A

conservation

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8
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creation and evolutionary scientists

A

interpret the same data in certain areas of study very differently

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9
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a scientific model __________

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is a working representation of what the scientist thinks is happening

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10
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the intricacy and majesty of the universe is best appreciated and understood through the human activity called _______________

A

science

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11
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____________ is the philosophy that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth

A

scientists

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12
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which theory speaks of the orgin of the universe subsititutes an explosion like event for the Creator God

A

The Big Bang Theory

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13
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God commanded man to subdue the earth and have ____________ over it

A

dominion

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14
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the gap theory, the day-age theory and the theistic evolution theory fail to accomplish their goal of making the Bible agree with naturalistic science because ____________do not see evidence for these theories in the data

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evolutionists

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15
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the belief that conditions and processes today are the same as they have always been is called the doctrine of _________________

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uniformitarionism

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16
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when you draw a conclusion based on to small a sample you are making a ____________________

A

hasty generalization

17
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when someone assumes as true the very thing he is trying to prove it is called ___________________

A

circular reasoning

18
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the _______ ________ arguement involves an attack on the person doing the arguing rather than on the argument

A

ad Hominem

19
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__________ _____________ does not use the same series of steps to investigate every scientific question

A

Scientific Methodology

20
Q

what three facts form the foundation of the Christian worldview

A

creation
the fall
redemption

21
Q

from what did God create the heavens and the earth

A

Speaking

22
Q

Man’s seperation from God, the hardships of survival, and death are results of what

A

the curse

23
Q

name two things about the earth that were changed as a result of the curse

A

snakes without legs

thorns

24
Q

what is a secular idea

A

it does not talk about God

25
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what principal states that entropy is always increasing and that everything in nature tends to degenerate

A

2nd law of thermodynamics

26
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what aspects of scientific methodology are influenced by a scientist’s world view

A

questions how to interpret data

27
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what is the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law

A

a theory maybe true but a law is true

28
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what is a bias

A

the subtle effect of a scientists world view

29
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what is a hypothesis

A

a theoretical statement that guides a scientist’s research

30
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what is materialism

A

the belief that only visible, tangible matter is real

31
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what is moral judgements

A

these are outside the relm of judgement

32
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what are models

A

often created by scientists to study things that are too difficult or too complicated to observe directly

33
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what is redemption

A

the process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him

34
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what is science

A

the study of observable facts or events

35
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are both evolutionism and Creationism based on faith

A

yes