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1
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Two world views

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Biblical and secular

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2
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Something we assume to be true without proof

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Presupposition

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The knowledge and understanding of scientific concept and processes required for personal decision making participation, in civic and cultural affairs and economic productivity

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Scientific literacy

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4
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Constitutes the knowledge you need to understand public issues is a mix of facts vocabulary concepts history and philosophy

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Scientific literacy

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It’s not the technical knowledge of a proffesional scientist

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Scientific literacy

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6
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What is the key to scientific literacy

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  • Have scientific knowledge of the natural world
  • understand the method of science
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7
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What are the keys to scientific literacy

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  • Read articles critically
  • Recognize science issues for society and legislation
  • make a decision based on a biblical foundation
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8
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How do i read articles critically

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By looking for bias

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9
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What is science

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Study of God order and reasonable in his physical universe

And organized collection of facts or knowledge.

Systematic study of the physical universe

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Limits of. Science

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  • all scientist have
  • scientists can never make universal statement
  • science can only study observable phenomena
  • science cannot make value judgement
  • science can only search for truth but cannot establish truth
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11
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What does the Bible say about biology

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That we were created to have dominion over Gods creation

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12
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What verse shows that we should have dominion over gods creation

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Gen. 1:26-28

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13
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Who was the first biologist

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Adam

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14
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Put in the garden to dress and keep it

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Genesis 2:15

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15
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Naming the animals

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Gen 2: 19,20

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16
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What is the smallest and basic unit of matter

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Atom

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17
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Two atoms put together

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Molecules

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18
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Obtains nutrients by feeding on producers

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Consumer

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19
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Makes its own food using nonbiological sources

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Producer

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20
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Remains or stays the same

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Homeostasis

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21
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DNA

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Hereditary material

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22
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No nucleus ;single celled organisms That do not have a membrane bound nucleus

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Prokaryotic

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23
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; have floating genetic material inside linear dna

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Eukaryotic

24
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Eukaryotics are all what

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Multicelular

25
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The naming and classifying species in a systematic way

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Taxonomy

26
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Scientific name ruling

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  • genus + species
  • either italicized or underlined
  • mist be Latin
  • cannot be the same as any organism
27
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A method of classifying organisms on ther revolutionary relationships and mot common ancestry

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Cladistics

28
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Changes because of something

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Dependent

29
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Fossils revealed extinct species

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George Cuvier

30
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Line of descent for species; you can add traits you want to yourself and to your offspring

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Larmarck

31
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Slow gradual changes in earths bio ; uniformitarianism
The present is the key to the past

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Lyell

32
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Struggle for existence (economic)

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Malthus

33
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Read Lyell and Malthus; read natural selection; extent on and variation

Big idea: fitness

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Darwin

34
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Ability to survive and have offspring

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Fitness

35
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Differential survival and reproduction of individuals of population based on difference in shared heritable traits

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Natural selection

36
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Descent with modification

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Evolution

37
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Variation

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Macroevolution

38
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evolutionary patterns and trends on a larger scale than micro evolution; eg adaptive , radiation, coe evolution.

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Macro evolution

39
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Mutation load causes ______ not macroevolution

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Extinction

40
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Three domains of taxonomy

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Bacteria, archea, eukarya

41
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Fossils revealed extinct species

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Cuvier

42
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Parent isotopes changes to daughter isotopes

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Radiometric decay

43
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Causes of rapid movement In the past

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Catastrophic plate tectonics

44
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Half life of a carbon 14

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5730

45
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Fossils. That cut between layers problem for evolutionist

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Pollystrate fossils

46
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Similar design because of recent common( ancestor evolutionary view)

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Morphological divergence

47
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2 types of variables

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Independent
Dependent

48
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Smallest unit of life

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Cell

49
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Organized array of cells

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Tissue

50
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All population of all species in a specific area

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Community

51
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All organisms in the area along with environmental factors

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Ecosystem

52
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A group of organisms. Of the same species populating a given area

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Population

53
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In an experiment the group that is exposed to the treatment

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Experimental group

54
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In an experiment the group that is not exposed to treatment

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Control group

55
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All knowledge comes through revelation

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Romans 1:20

56
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Submitted the idea of irreducible complexity

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Michel Behe

Biology (8 decks)

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