Science 9/8 Flashcards

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Creation Mandate

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The idea that people should fill the earth and study it to discover the best ways to use it

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Worldview

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Is the over perspective that we use to see and interpret the world

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Presuppositions

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Are ideas that are not proven to be true but that we assume to be true

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Models

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Explain, describe, or represent something in the world

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Hypothesis

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Is an initial explanation for the problem

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Theory

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Are models that scientists use as frameworks to explain their observations

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7
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Laws

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The way different kinds of measurable physical quantities relate to each other

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Data

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Is any information scientists collect by observing nature

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Measured Data

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When they measure something

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Descriptive Data

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When scientists observe and write descriptions of their observations

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Science

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Is also used to refer to the organized methods that produce the observations explanations and models

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Earth Science

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Is simply the knowledge and organized methods of observing the earth and its processes using appropriate tools

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