Earth Science
What is the study of earth and its processes called?
Earth Science
What is the way a person understands and interprets the world?
Worldview
What is a model?
Something that explains, describes or represents something in the world
What is the information that scientists collect by observing nature?
Data
What type of science involves subjects and results of research that operate in the present?
Who was the girl that saved hundreds of lives by remembering what she learned in earth science?
Tilly Smith
What should be the foundation of a Christian worldview?
The Bible
What is a hypothesis?
An initial explanation for a problem.
What is Measured Data?
Data that is collected using an instrument (ruler, theromometer) and produces numerical results.
What type of scientist studies surface and underground freshwater?
Hydrologists
Why is it important to study earth science and its processes?
To perform wise dominion
What are presuppositions?
Ideas or beliefs that are assumed to be true
What is an example of a model that we have not talked about?
answers will vary
Why do scientist perform controlled experiments?
How are engineers different than scientists?
Engineers try to build and design solutions to problems where scientists explain the problem.
How do we declare God's glory through earth science? (2 ways)
Discovery and imitation
What is the Gap Theory?
The idea that some "Christians" try to fit evolutionary theory between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.
If new evidence is discovered that doesn't fit a scientists model, what do they do?
They can modify, improve, or replace the model.
Sometimes, scientists take their data and analyze it, what is this called?
Explain the principle of uniformity
answers will vary.
Why do we study earth science (3 reasons)?
Declare God's glory
Live for Redemption
How can two different scientists look at the same evidence and draw different conclusions?
Their worldviews and presuppositions can influence how they interpret the evidence.
What is a theory and what does it do?
When an original hypothesis and other related hypothesis are accepted by scientists.
Theories are models that explain observations
Does "Analyzing Data" come before or after "Drawing Conclusions" in the scientific method?
BEFORE
What type of scientist would study waves generated by earthquakes?
Seismologist (type of geology)