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Ch 1,13 Science8

TermDefinition
Science The total collection of knowledge from man’s methodical observations of the universe as well as the activities by which that knowledge is attained.
Faith Belief in the authority and reliability of something because it or its ultimate source is believed to be trustworthy
scientism The belief that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth
cosmologists Scientists that theorize about the beginning of the universe
Big Bang Theory The notion that the universe began in a gigantic explosion-like event billions of years ago
worldview A person’s set of beliefs and assumptions about what is true in life
Creational goodness Everything that God created was originally good
Creation mandate Command in Genesis 1:28 that delegates to mankind the authority and responsibility for subduing and managing the earth for God’s glory and man’s benefit
Total depravity The doctrine that every aspect of our being (mind, will, and emotions) has been turned away from God
Doctrine of uniformity (uniformitarianism) The belief system that holds “the present is the key to the past” and that geological change is caused by gradual naturalistic processes rather than sudden supernatural catastrophes.
secular Used to describe any person or idea that relies on human values and does not take into account spiritual things
Geology the science of the earth’s rocks and minerals, their structures, and the processes that affect those structures.
Crust outer layer, solid, low-density rock
Seismologist earthquake scientist
Discontinuity change in speed, boundary between two layers of the earth below the crust
Moho Discontinuity boundary between the crust and the mantle
Lithosphere combination of the upper mantle and crust
Asthenosphere region of upper mantle, rock near to melting
Core center of the Earth
Historical geology deals with the origin and history of earth’s structures, materials, and processes
organic materials that are obtained from living or once-living organisms
sediment loose material that sinks to the bottom of a body of water
strata layer of the earth’s crust
Fossil graveyards A jumbled assortment of fossils embedded in a hardened matrix of sediment, giving every evidence for the catastrophic death of the organisms along with a rapid burial
radioactive materials with atoms that are unstable
decay break down
Calibration curve a graph used to correct the age of a sample of organic material obtained by radioactive decay
Anomalous samples when finding ages, the findings are not the same
dendrochronology dating trees
Deep- time a concept that refers to the unobservable past far back in time
carbon-14 Forms in the upper atmosphere, used by plants, taken in by animals as they eat plants
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