Types of Science
Science that is motivated by curiosity to understand.
Pure Science
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms
Life Science
The Internal Test
Looks at how copies were made from the original document and how accurate they were.
textual criticism
Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item
Radiometric dating
Science that is motivated to use the science to make something better.
Applied science
The study of the past human life as revealed by preserved relics
Archaeology
This book of the Bible represents the genealogy of Jesus through Mary's line.
The book of Luke
A critic looks at the base and looks for corrections that may have been made to it in the future copies.
copy-text method
This is the age of an artifact that is certain
A known Age
Science that is the result of pure science, applied science, or accident.
Technology
Objects made by people, such tools, weapons, containers, etc.
Artifacts
This book of the Bible describes Jesus's genealogy through the line of Joseph.
The book of Matthew
One of the most used methods. Takes any historical document and puts it through 3 tests using the critical process.
eclecticism
Age of an artifact that was given using dendrochronology, radiometric dating, or some other method and is not definite.
Assigned age
An experiment designed to figure out why rainbows form in the sky.
Pure science
The study of Earth's history revealed in the rocks that make up the Earth
Geology
Used to evaluate other Historical Documents by asking, "Does this document contradict other known historical facts?"
The External Test
The three tests used to evaluate historical documents.
internal test, external test, bibliographic test.
When artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts.
Principal of superposition
An experiment designed to make television have a sharper picture.
To gain knowledge
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms
Paleontology
Asks how much time has passed between the time the original work was written and the first known copy was made.
The Bibliographic Test
One challenge to using the internal test.
Languages change over time.
(review) The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentation in order to formulate general laws.
Science