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physics ch1 vocab
| definition | term |
|---|---|
| humans’ likeness to God in our abilities to love, create, reason, and discern between good and evil | Image of God |
| God’s command to humans to have dominion over His world | Creation Mandate |
| “Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” | First commandment |
| “Love thy neighbor as thyself” | Second commandment |
| the collection of observations, inferences, and models produced through a systematic study of nature for the purpose of enabling humans to exercise good and wise dominion over God's world | science |
| an observable event or process | phenomenon |
| any theoretical or physical construct that provides a workable description or explanation of a concept or phenomenon | model |
| effectiveness of a model to account for an observed phenomenon as well as to make accurate predictions | workability |
| a scientific model that cannot be represented by a physical object | conceptual model |
| creating descriptive and predictive models of observable phenomena using real-world data for the purpose of exercising dominion in the world according to the Creation Mandate | dominion modeling |
| the framework or point of view from which a person perceives and interprets all aspects of the world; a collection of presuppositions enabling a person to observe and understand the world | worldview |
| the belief that physical processes have always followed the same laws - that is, the present is the key to the past | uniformitarianism |
| a method of reasoning whereby one arrives at a conclusion based on premises known or assumed to be true | inference |
| a perspective on life that views all things through the biblical teachings on Creation, Fall, and Redemption | Christian worldview |
| an unbroken span or sequence of values within a measurable dimension | continuum |
| the philosophical view that the only valid source of knowledge is personal experience and that such knowledge can only be affirmed through the scientific method | positivism |
| a set of assumptions, concepts, values, beliefs, and practices that controls the way a person or a group of persons perceives some aspect of reality | paradigm |
| a general or specific model that attempts to account for a related set of observations or phenomena | theory |
| an educated guess at the solution to a scientific problem; a tentative explanation for a phenomenon before the explanation has been tested | hypothesis |
| primarily involves "puzzle solving", which consists of the day-to-day "mop-up work" that affirms and extends the paradigm | normal science |
| a statement (usually mathematical) describing a consistent relationship among physical quantities in nature | law |
| of or having to do with the dimension of a system | dimensional |
| science conducted through direct, present-day observation of phenomena or that utilizes credible documentation of observations in the past | empirical science |
| the body of scientific knowledge acquired by methods of investigation that involve real-time observations of present-day phenomenon or records of first-person observations of events in the past | operational science |
| the body of scientific knowledge acquired by making inferences about events and processes in the past, based on observations of evidence in the present | historical science |
| an assumption one derives from his worldview when making a decision about the validity of a stated fact | presupposition |
| physics that is based upon the three major areas of mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics, all of which were well developed prior to the establishment of quantum physics in the twentieth century | classical physics |
| the study of the motion of macroscopic objects; the study of how and why things move | mechanics |
| the field of study involving any aspect of electricity and magnetism; also, the production of electricity from magnetism and vice versa | electromagnetism |
| the study of the sources and utilization of heat, and its conversion to other forms of energy | thermodynamics |
| as distinguished from classical physics, all revolutionary discoveries in physics made since approximately 1900 | modern physics |
| defining something by specifying certain tests that an object or phenomenon must meet rather than by using simpler or more fundamental terms | operational definition |
| a systematic process for solving a scientific problem or presenting an explanation for a phenomenon | scientific methodology |
| the commonly used term for describing what scientists do | scientific method |
| a deliberate application of the senses to a phenomenon, with or without the aid of instruments | observation |
| all scientific observations that are subject to interpretation according to the governing scientific paradigm | data |
| a review of a scientific paper by qualified scientists working in the area of the reported work in order to offer critical comments, suggest corrections, and to ensure that the highest standards of scientific research are followed | peer review |
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