The Meaning of.....
An educated guess
Hypothesis
In the 1950's Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer created a hypothesis for superconductivity. Several experiments confirmed their hypothesis and it became a scientific theory, which was named what?
BCS Theory
What is missing from this statement? All objects regardless of weight or shape fall at the same rate of speed.
"in the absence of air"
Theory that's been tested by and is consistent with generations of data
Scientific law
Hypothesis that's been tested with a significant amount of data.
Theory
What one thing can destroy a scientific law?
A counter example
Dr. Semmelweis hypothesized doctors were carrying something deadly from the morgue to the maternity ward. He developed this rule to test his hypothesis.
Wash hands!
The conclusions of science are always ______________
Tentative
The two choices you have if a hypothesis doesn't agree with the experiment data.
Discard it or modify it
The three limitations of Science
It cannot prove anything. It is not 100% reliable. It must conform to the scientific method.
What is Science?
Classifying observable facts to understand creation (or anything similar)
Regular appearances of Haley's Comet have been found in history as far back as 2,000 years ago, which makes it not just a theory but ___________
Scientific Law
When electricity can pass easily through a substance at a very low temperature without losing energy.
Superconductivity
Steps in ideas becoming scientific law
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Theory, Years of experimentation, Law
Should science be used as a basis for your world view? if not, why?
No, because its conclusions are always tentative
What was the hypothesis used when the author applied the scientific method to Christianity?
The Bible is the Word of God
Hypothesized that lines across the surface of Mars were actually canals dug by the inhabitants of the planet.
Percival Lowell
Lowell assumed that the canals on Mars were used for this purpose.
Water distribution
In 1682 , Edmund Haley studied this bright object that moved in the night sky and found that this object passes by earth roughly every 76 years.
Haley's Comet
Can science be used to study events that will never, ever happen again? If so, why?
Yes. You can study the results of the event.
For Jesus' betrayal, the money Judas returned was considered tainted, so the priests purchased this field for the burial of strangers.
Potters Field
In the late 1600's, German scientists attempted to explain why some things burn and others don't. Their idea was that all burnable substances contain what?
Phlogiston (fluh jis' tuhn)
Based on historical records, we know the Old Testament existed in its entirety by when?
about 250 B.C.
In 333 BC Alexander the Great completely destroyed the mainland part of this city to create a bridge to gain access to its island.
Tyre
Discovered the phenomenon of Superconductivity.
Heike Omnes