Physics test 1 Flashcards
We call this commandment _______We are to exercise wise, informed, and good stewardship of the earth and its resources.
Creation mandate
“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”
The first commandment
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”
second commandment
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.
Science
anything perceptible by the senses or by scientific instrument
phenomenon
are simplified and thus incomplete representations of reality
Models
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.
workability
often defined as a perspective from which a person observes and understands the world—physics included.
Worldview
naturalism’s assumption that the pres- ent is the key to the past.
uniformitarianism
conditions in the past based on those observed today.
Inferences
- God created the world for His glory. 2. This world is fallen. 3. God is redeeming this world to Himself.
Christian worldview
may be a general or specific model that attempts to account for a set of related observations or phenomena.
Scientific theory
temporary explanation for a phenomenon. A hypothesis serves as a starting point for further investigation and is structured so that it can be tested.
hypothesis
models or describes an observed relationship among several often unrelated phenomena or properties under specified conditions
Scientific law
depends on present-day observations or experiments.
empirical science
provides workable or operational explanations of how the world function
operational science
began in the seventeenth century with the overturning of Aristote- lian mechanical concepts.
Classical physics
the study of how and why motion occurs.
Mechanics
particular sequence of distinct steps, this is rarely the way a scientist works.
Scientific method
influence his forming of a hypothesi
Bias
prior to its publication to give some assurance that the work is valid and adheres to the highest scientific standards
Peer review
Quantum mechanics and thermodynamics 19th century till present
Modern science
