Physics test 1

Question 1

We call this commandment _______We are to exercise wise, informed, and good stewardship of the earth and its resources.

Answer 1

Creation mandate

Question 2

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength”

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The first commandment

Question 3

“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”

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second commandment

Question 4

refer to any body of knowledge gained from observing the natural world (for instance, the science of entomology) as well as to the activities involved in acquiring scientific knowledge.

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Science

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anything perceptible by the senses or by scientific instrument

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phenomenon

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are simplified and thus incomplete representations of reality

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Models

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how well they explain or describe a particular feature of reality; a model is useful only if it consistently explains observations and reliably predicts new ones.

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workability

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often defined as a perspective from which a person observes and understands the world—physics included.

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Worldview

Question 9

naturalism’s assumption that the pres- ent is the key to the past.

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uniformitarianism

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conditions in the past based on those observed today.

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Inferences

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1. God created the world for His glory. 2. This world is fallen. 3. God is redeeming this world to Himself.

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Christian worldview

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may be a general or specific model that attempts to account for a set of related observations or phenomena.

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Scientific theory

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temporary explanation for a phenomenon. A hypothesis serves as a starting point for further investigation and is structured so that it can be tested.

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hypothesis

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models or describes an observed relationship among several often unrelated phenomena or properties under specified conditions

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Scientific law

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depends on present-day observations or experiments.

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empirical science

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provides workable or operational explanations of how the world function

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operational science

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began in the seventeenth century with the overturning of Aristote- lian mechanical concepts.

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Classical physics

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the study of how and why motion occurs.

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Mechanics

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particular sequence of distinct steps, this is rarely the way a scientist works.

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Scientific method

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influence his forming of a hypothesi

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Bias

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prior to its publication to give some assurance that the work is valid and adheres to the highest scientific standards

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Peer review

Question 22

Quantum mechanics and thermodynamics 19th century till present

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Modern science