Why Study Earth Science?
All humans are valuable because they are this
What is made in God's image?
What are interpretations?
A workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening
What is a scientific model?
An initial explanation that guides a scientist's research
What is a hypothesis?
An idea that is assumed to be true
What is a presupposition?
The overall perspective that we use to see and interpret world - is based on presuppositions
What is a worldview?
A young-earth creationist believes the earth is about this old
What is 7,000 years?
What is false?
What is false?
The process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him
What is redemption?
The commandment given by God (Genesis 1:28) to fill the earth and have dominion over it (we should use the earth's resources for God's glory and man's benefit)
What is the Creation Mandate?
A geologist who works in petrology would be interested mainly in identifying these and explaining how they formed
What are rocks and minerals?
Scientists prefer this type of experiment because it allows only one factor to vary
What is a controlled experiment?
The last step in the scientific process
What is publishing results?
Observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature to enable people to exercise good and wise dominion over the world.
What is science?
For every observable result of a process, there must be an adequate _________.
What is a cause?
When scientists try to find explanations for scientific questions that apply to present-day problems.
What is operational science?
This type of data is collected with an instrument containing a numerical scale (rulers, thermometers, etc.)
What is measured data?
Before you form a hypothesis, you should first conduct initial _________.
What is research?
A conclusion that is drawn from an assumed truth
What is an inference?
The foundational points of a Christian's worldview are based on these three things
What is creation, the fall, and redemption?
A seismologist, a scientist who studies faults and earthquakes, is in this category of scientists
What are geologists?
This type of data is usually words, not numbers (ex. a mineral has a glassy luster)
What is descriptive data?
Creating a model to organize and explain the data happens in this step of the scientific process
What is analyzing data?
A model used as a framework to explain many observations
What is a theory?
An idea that DOES NOT take into account spiritual things, especially things of the Bible
What is a secular idea?
What is a hydrologist?
What is derived data?
The idea that the world operates in predictable and reliable ways is called this
What is the Principal of Uniformity?
A description that may include an equation with symbols
What is a law?