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Test Ch. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evidence; information gathered from observations | data |
| numerical data | quantitative data |
| descriptive data | qualitative data |
| life science | biology |
| the basic beliefs that guide the way someone views evidence | worldview |
| the belief that all living things can be explained in terms of natural causes | naturalism |
| On day 1, what did God create? | Light and darkness, heavens and the earth |
| On day 2, what did God create? | sky to separate the waters |
| On day 3, what did God create? | Land, plants, trees |
| On day 4, what did God create? | Sun, moon, and stars |
| On day 5, what did God create? | Birds and fish |
| On day 6, what did God create? | |
| data | animals and humans |
| God's command given to mankind in Gen. 1:28 to fill the earth and exercise dominion over the world by wisely using the resources God has placed here. | Creation mandate |
| The Bible's big story in three words | Creation, Fall, Redemption |
| Reasons for Studying science | To be good stewards of what God has given us. To stimulate our minds and our ability to think. To be able to defend our faith in creation. To expand our ability to communicate in order to be a witness. To know God better |
| the study of applying moral principles to life | ethics |
| The 2 areas of concern for making ethical decisions | Biblical principles, Biblical outcomes |
| The Biblical principles for making ethical decisions (3) | The image of God in people, creation mandate, consider God's whole truth |
| The Biblical outcomes for making ethical decisions (3) | human flourishing, a thriving creation, giving God glory |
| living thing | organism |
| made of one cell | unicellular |
| made of many cells | multicellular |
| gets energy from the environment to make food | autotroph |
| depends on other organisms for food | heterotroph |
| cells without a nucleus | Prokaryotic |
| cells with a nucleus | Eukaryotic |
| 5 characteristics of living things | 1. Organisms are organized. 2. Grow 3. Reproduce 4. Respond to their surroundings, 5. Need energy |
| an idea that scientists use to explain the data that they have collected | theory |
| an idea that scientists use to describe what they observe consistently | law |
| a simplified explanation, description, or representation of the world | model |
| using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem | scientific inquiry |
| a way for a scientist to test the way he thinks something works by examining the effect of one factor at a time. | controlled experiment |
| factors that change in an experiment | variables |
| the variable the scientist changes | independent variable |
| variables that are changed in the experiment | dependent variable |
| the group in an experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable | control group |
| the group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the independent variable | experimental group |
| 4 steps in a controlled experiment | Observe, Test, Analyze data and draw conclusions, Communicate the results |
| God's grouping of organisms | kinds |
| scientific name | genus + species |
| Taxonomy | The science of classifying organisms |
| Levels of classification in order | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |