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Apologia G Science-5
Apologia General Science Module 5 Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Life Science | A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms. |
| Archaeology | The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics. |
| Known Age | The age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history. |
| Dendrochronology | The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree. |
| The Principle of Superposition | When artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts. |
| Bibliographic Test | A test to make sure that the documents we have today are essentially the same as the original. |
| Internal Test | A test to make sure that the document does not contradict itself. |
| External Test | A test to make sure that the document does not contradict other know historical or archaeological facts. |
| Artifacts | Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc. |
| Geology | The study of the earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the earth. |
| Paleontology | The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms. |
| Radiometric Dating | Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. |
| Aristotle's Dictum | The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, not assigned by the critic to himself. |
| Absolute Age | The calculated age of an artifact from a specific dating method that is used to determine when the artifact was made. |