Unit 1- The world of earth science Flashcards
What is earth science?
The knowledge and organized methods of observing the earth and its processes using appropriate tools
What is a controlled variable?
A variable that is not changed
What is an independent variable?
A variable that is changed
What is a control group?
The group that does not receive the experimental treatment
What is the creation mandate?
God’s command in Genesis 1:28 Requires that man “subdue” or have stewardship over the earth
What is measured data?
Data collected by using instruments and counting
What is the scientific process/ method?
The process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis, gather data by observation, and experimentation, and come to a conclusion
What is Data?
Any information scientists collect by observing nature
What is an inference?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is the scientific law?
Describe things often by using equations or by stating rules
What is descriptive data?
Data collected by using words not numbers
What is a hypothesis?
an initial explanation for a problem
What does Genesis 1:26-27 say?
Then God said “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his image, the image of God he created them. Male and female, he created them.
What is redemption?
The restoring of something to the way it should be by paying a price
What is a dependent variable?
A variable that is measured
What is an experimental group?
The group that receives the variable being tested
Mark 12: 30 - 31
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these.
What is measured Data?
Data collected by using instruments and counting
What is a Theory?
A model that scientists use as a framework to explain their observations
What is Science?
The collection of observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature
What is the summary of the creation Mandate?
To increase the population and rule over the creation
What does Genesis 1:26-27 tell us about why we are important to God?
We are made in his image and likeness to rule over the creatures of the earth
What is the summary of Mark 12:30-31, what are the two greatest commandments?
- Love the lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind
- Love your neighbor as yourself
What are the steps of the scientific method/ process?
- Forms a scientific question
- Conduct research
- State a hypothesis
- Perform a controlled experiment
- collect data
- Analyze data
- Draw conclusions
- Publish or share results
What is the difference between a christian scientist and secular?
Not what we look at but how we look at things
What is quantitative data?
Numbers-based, countable, or measurable
What is quantitative data?
interpretation- based, descriptive, and relating to language
