The Scientific Method
God in Science
General Physical Science
Math and the Metric System
Potpourri
100

The idea that a scientific model must represent what we see and provide accurate predictions.

What is workability?

100

This may inform ethical decisions but cannot make them by itself.

What is science?

100

Entropy is the concept that this is always increasing in the universe.

What is disorder?
100

The SI unit for electric current.

What is an ampere?
100

The study of nonliving matter and energy

What is Physical Science

200

These should always be testable and falsifiable.

What is a hypothesis?

200

The responsibility to act as good stewards of earth and its resources is an example of.

What is the creation mandate?

200

A physical, conceptual, or mathematical explanation or description of a phenomenon.

What is a model?

200

How close your measurements are to one another.

What is precision?

200

F=ma is one example.

What is a law?

300

The fourth step of the scientific method which involves testing a hypothesis.

What is an experiment/data collection?

300
Assumptions we have about the world that affect the decisions we make.

What is a worldview?

300

Something that explains why phenomena happen.

What is a theory?

300

Which decimal place is used is a measure of.

What is accuracy?

300

Data that describes something such as its color, texture, or shape.

What is qualitative?

400
A friend tells you that the hokey pokey really is what it's all about.  This leads you to question the meaning of life.  You go about systematically collecting data to determine if your friend is correct.  Their original statement represents this step of the scientific method.

What is an observation?

400

The ultimate source of order in the universe.

Who is God?

400
Something that describes what happens in nature.

What is a law?

400

In scientific notation the number 0.000043 is written.

What is 4.3 x 10-5?

400

The systematic study of the universe to produce observations, inferences, and models.

What is science?

500

Scientific surveys rely on this type of reasoning.

What is inductive reasoning?

500

A system of values innate to us because of our culture or religion.

What is morality?

500

Order in the universe allows us to make predictions. This is due to the concept of.

What is cause and effect?

500

Your friend tells you that they are 5ft 7in tall.  Their height in meters to two decimal places is.

What is 1.70m?

500

The idea that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow because it always has is based on the concept of.

What is uniformity of nature?

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