Tricky True or False
A Christian chemist who believes the Bible has a worldview that affects his work.
true
One of the fundamental concepts of creation. Anything that occupies space and has mass.
matter
What is the first step of the scientific process?
Ask a question
The perspective from which a person sees or interprets all matters of life.
Worldview
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
Not everyone has a worldview.
False
What is the study of matter and the changes that it undergoes?
Chemistry
A hypothesis is...
a possible, educated answer to your question
The idea that people should fill the earth and study it to discover the best ways to use it is
The Creation Mandate
The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.
a. change
b. keep the same
c. experiment with
d. investigate
a. change
A naturalistic worldview teaches that matter and energy is all that exists.
True.
__________________________ uses specific observations to make generalizations.
a. Deductive reasoning
b. Inductive reasoning
b. Inductive reasoning
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is called the...
conclusion
Assumptions about the world that we assume to be true without proof and based on beliefs is called
presuppositions
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
In an experiment, you can/should change more than one variable at a time.
False
Which of the following is a type of quantitative data?
a. texture
b. mass
c. odor
d. shape
b. mass
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
Sickness, disease, and natural disasters all occur in the world as the result of the ________________.
the Fall
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.
All musical instruments make sounds. Airplanes make sounds; therefore, airplanes are musical instruments. This is neither inductive or deductive reasoning, but faulty reasoning.
True.
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
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
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.
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