chapter 1

Question 1

the statement God created the earth is based on _________

Answer 1

faith

Question 2

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

Answer 2

the Creation Mandate

Question 3

the curse affected _______________

Answer 3

everyone

Question 4

a mistake in reasoning is called __________

Answer 4

fallacy

Question 5

which of the following is NOT an example of faulty reasoning

Answer 5

deductive reasoning

Question 6

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

Answer 6

inductive reasoning

Question 7

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

Answer 7

conservation

Question 8

creation and evolutionary scientists

Answer 8

interpret the same data in certain areas of study very differently

Question 9

a scientific model __________

Answer 9

is a working representation of what the scientist thinks is happening

Question 10

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

Answer 10

science

Question 11

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

Answer 11

scientists

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Big Bang Theory

Question 13

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

Answer 13

dominion

Question 14

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

Answer 14

evolutionists

Question 15

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

Answer 15

uniformitarionism

Question 16

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

Answer 16

hasty generalization

Question 17

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

Answer 17

circular reasoning

Question 18

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

Answer 18

ad Hominem

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Scientific Methodology

Question 20

what three facts form the foundation of the Christian worldview

Answer 20

creation
the fall
redemption

Question 21

from what did God create the heavens and the earth

Answer 21

Speaking

Question 22

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

Answer 22

the curse

Question 23

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

Answer 23

snakes without legs

thorns

Question 24

what is a secular idea

Answer 24

it does not talk about God

Question 25

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

Answer 25

2nd law of thermodynamics

Question 26

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

Answer 26

questions how to interpret data

Question 27

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

Answer 27

a theory maybe true but a law is true

Question 28

what is a bias

Answer 28

the subtle effect of a scientists world view

Question 29

what is a hypothesis

Answer 29

a theoretical statement that guides a scientist's research

Question 30

what is materialism

Answer 30

the belief that only visible, tangible matter is real

Question 31

what is moral judgements

Answer 31

these are outside the relm of judgement

Question 32

what are models

Answer 32

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

Question 33

what is redemption

Answer 33

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

Question 34

what is science

Answer 34

the study of observable facts or events

Question 35

are both evolutionism and Creationism based on faith

Answer 35

yes