Types and Methods of Science
A type of science where the experiments are designed to discover or identify something useful.
What is applied science?
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.
What is archaeology?
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
An experiment designed to figure out why clouds form as air rises over a mountain.
What is pure science?
Tests whether the document contradicts other known historical facts from other reliable documents or known archaeological facts.
This type of science is primarily focused on asking questions with the goal of learning why something in creation happens the way it does.
What is pure science?
The study of Earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the Earth.
What is geology?
Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc.
What are artifacts?
An experiment designed to determine how to cause tomato plants to produce more tomatoes.
What is applied science?
Identifies how many years have passed between the time the original work was written and the time of the first known copy as well as how many different copies have been made by different people.
What is the bibliographic test?
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms.
What is life science?
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms.
What is paleontology?
When artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts. This is the principle of__________.
What is the principle of superposition?
An experiment designed to make a computer process information at a faster rate.
What is applied science?
Tests whether the document agrees with itself.
What is an internal test?
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree.
What is dendrochronology?
The age of artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history.
What is a known age?
An experiment designed to determine how clouds affect air temperature.
What is pure science?
This field of critically examines texts to determine if they are accurate.
What is the field of textual criticism?
This provides a framework in which scientists can analyze situations, explain certain phenomena, and answer specific questions in an ordered way.
What is the scientific method?
This is a new process or machine that makes life better or makes a job easier.
What is technology?
Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. Carbon 14-dating is an example of this.
What is radiometric dating?
An experiment designed to make a television have a sharper image.
What is is applied science?
A critic may use this method to look at the base text and looks for corrections that may have been made to it in future copies.
What is the copy-text method?