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Physical Science
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| presupposition | unproven idea; used as basis to prove other ideas |
| worldview | outlook in the way you view life; NOT ATTITUDE; there are 2 worldviews: Christian and humanism/secularist |
| Christian worldview | has 3 suppositions: 1. God made the world and man, 2. The world is fallen because of sin, 3. God works to redeem the world. |
| humanism/secularist worldview | has 4 presuppositions: 1. The universe always existed, 2. People are just evolved by animals, 3. Death is normal, 4. Scientism |
| Creation Mandate | exercise dominion; best use of resources |
| Bible | establishes science and gives it reason to exist, shows us why we should study the world, we can know how to better use its resources |
| scientism | belief that we can know things best with science; "science will solve the worlds problems; Job 5:7 |
| Science isn't... | source of final answers or truth, going to give us correct view of world, completely objective, always based on direct observations |
| theory | tells why things happen |
| law | describes what happens |
| model | simplified depiction of complex object or concept; can be physical or conceptual; it isn't "true" but a simplification; goal is workability, not accuracy |
| historical science (origins science) | scientific study of evidence for origins of physical and living things in the world |
| inference | the past is the key to the present |
| paradigm | a way of thinking; a mindset or a worldview; determines the activities and actions of a scientist |
| hypothesis | educated guess; temporary explaination of an object or event |
| Physical Science | made up of 2 areas: physics and chemistry |
| science | studying physical universe, so we can wisely use it |
| scientific method | 1. pose a question, 2. suggest a hypothesis, 3. collect data (info), 4. evaluate hypothesis, 5. report conclusions, 6. develop theory |
| data analysis | after data is collected it is analyzed to determine how it relates to the hypothesis |
| loving neighbor with science | serving, preventing diseases, and energy |
| loving God with science | submitting, glorifying Him, adoring His greatness and goodness in His creation, displaying His greatness and goodness through our work |
| model vs truth | remember, science produces models, not truth |
| 2 areas of science | basic or theoretical: finding info, and applied: using new knowledge |
| what scientist do | operational science: research, historical science: origins, and teaching science: consultation |
| data mining | reviewing studies that have been published in order to find data that can be used |
| collection | taking examples from nature for study; example: insect collection |
| survey | sampling or partial collection of info from a collection or group |
| qualitative data | descriptions |
| quantitative data | numbers |
| How do you collect data? | data mining, collection, survey, waiting for opportunity, trial and error, and controlled experiment |
| controlled experiment | 1 variable altered at a time |
Created by:
Bethany Hudson
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