Scientific Method
An initial explanation that may solve one's problem
Hypothesis
studies energy waves and earthquakes
Seismologist
God commands Adam and Eve to be ____ and ____
fruitful and multiply
This worldview holds that the creation account in Genesis is true.
biblical/creationist worldview
Science works because God created an _____ universe
orderly
What a scientist does after he makes a conclusion
Share Results
Studies wind, storms, and weather patterns
Meteorologist
God commands Adam and Eve to subdue creation or have _______
Dominion
This worldview believes that the universe was formed by natural means.
Naturalist/secular
The principle that the same patterns we observe today were present in the past and will continue in the future
Principle of uniformity
Data collected by recording written observations
Descriptive or qualitative date
Studies Earth's layers
Geologist
The Creation Mandate allows humans to use Earth's _____
resources
This theory holds that millions of years may have passed between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
The Gap Theory
We say that good models must be _________
workable
Created to represent something that we observe in nature.
A model
Studies everything outside of the Earth's atmosphere
Astronomer
Properly exercising dominion helps us _________ others
love/help
This theory holds that a small amount of matter expanded to form the universe
The Big Bang Theory
The principle that certain observable events have definite causes
Principle of Cause and Effect
Data collected that involves numbers
Quantitative or measured data
Studies fresh water such as rivers and lakes
Limnologist
Properly exercising dominion helps us _______ God
glorify
Everyone has this set of beliefs that they hold to be true.
Presuppositions
Humans are finite; therefore our study of science is not perfect and it is always _________
changing/being updated