Tricky True or False
Versed in Vocabulary
Scenes from the Scientific Method
Worldview for the Wise
Varied Variables
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A Christian chemist who believes the Bible has a worldview that affects his work.

true

100

One of the fundamental concepts of creation. Anything that occupies space and has mass.

matter

100

What is the first step of the scientific process?

Ask a question

100

The perspective from which a person sees or interprets all matters of life.

Worldview

100

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

type of liquid

200

Not everyone has a worldview.


False

200

What is the study of matter and the changes that it undergoes?

Chemistry

200

A hypothesis is...

a possible, educated answer to your question

200

The idea that people should fill the earth and study it to discover the best ways to use it is

The Creation Mandate

200

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

a. change

b. keep the same

c. experiment with

d. investigate

a. change

300

A naturalistic worldview teaches that matter and energy is all that exists.

True.

300

 __________________________ uses specific observations to make generalizations.

a. Deductive reasoning

b. Inductive reasoning

b. Inductive reasoning

300

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is called the...

conclusion

300

Assumptions about the world that we assume to be true without proof and based on beliefs is called

presuppositions

300

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

Independent Variable

400

In an experiment, you can/should change more than one variable at a time.

False

400

Which of the following is a type of quantitative data?

a. texture

b. mass

c. odor

d. shape

b. mass

400

 Of the following, which step comes right after "ask a question"?

a. State your conclusion

b. State your hypothesis

c. Test your hypothesis

d. Identify and control variables

b. State your hypothesis

400

Sickness, disease, and natural disasters all occur in the world as the result of the ________________.

the Fall

400

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

a. Distance traveled by the ball

b. Height of the ramp

c. Mass of the ball

d. Where the experiment took place.

a. Distance traveled by the ball.

500

All musical instruments make sounds. Airplanes make sounds; therefore, airplanes are musical instruments. This is neither inductive or deductive reasoning, but faulty reasoning.

True.

500

A model, often expressed as a mathematical equation, that describes phenomena under certain conditions. Makes NO attempt to explain or account for the phenomena.

a scientific law

500

A variable is...

a. something that can change

b. items you use to do your experiment

c. a possible, educated answer to your question

d. a report on what happened during the experiment

a. something that can change

500

Which of the following statements shows a naturalistic worldview?

a. Humans are accountable for taking care of the world and the needs of people.

b. The study of chemistry is useful to help us understand the created world.

c. Science can ultimately explain everything we see in this world.

d. Scripture can account for the existence, practice, and perspective of every subject in creation.

c. Science can ultimately explain everything we see in this world.

500

What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?

a. the paper used

b. the type of paper airplane

c. the distance of each plane's flight

d. how hard the plane is thrown

b. the type of paper airplane

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