Chapter 1.1

Question 1

What is the study of the matter and movement of God’s physical creation?

Answer 1

Science

Question 2

What is the substance of the physical world?

Answer 2

Matter

Question 3

What is the study of soil?

Answer 3

Pedology

Question 4

What are the three main components of the scientific method?

Answer 4

Hypothesizing, observing, experimenting

Question 5

What is the speculating of objects and events of nature and forming a sensible explanation?

Answer 5

Hypothesizing

Question 6

What involves gathering facts about nature in an orderly way?

Answer 6

Observation

Question 7

What is the scientific term for facts?

Answer 7

Data

Question 8

What is the methodical testing of hypotheses?

Answer 8

Experimentation

Question 9

What is a way of explaining an object or event by using a set of facts?

Answer 9

Theory

Question 10

What is a theory that has never been proven false?

Answer 10

Law

Question 11

What is the property of a hypothesis that makes it scientific if a situation occurs to prove the hypothesis false?

Answer 11

Falsifiability

Question 12

What is a factor that is observed to determine the results of the experiment?

Answer 12

Dependent variable

Question 13

What is the factor that changes to test a hypothesis?

Answer 13

Independent variable

Question 14

How many independent variables should an experiment have?

Answer 14

Only one

Question 15

What are the variables that are the same in all groups?

Answer 15

Controlled variables

Question 16

What is a group on which the test is performed?

Answer 16

Experimental group

Question 17

What is the group that is not tested but used as a standard for comparison?

Answer 17

Control group

Question 18

What is the use of science to solve practical problems?

Answer 18

Technology

Question 19

What are the minimum characteristics that must be in a design for it to function at all?

Answer 19

Criteria

Question 20

What is a model of a design that is used or testing?

Answer 20

Prototype