Worldview & Biblical Principles
What is a worldview?
A framework of beliefs used to understand life and the world
What is the factor a scientist changes in an experiment called?
Independent variable
What are the smallest building blocks of life?
Cells
What is the most specific level of classification?
Species
Compare laws and models in science.
Laws describe patterns (what will happen); models simplify and explain reality
Which command from Genesis tells humans to care for and rule over creation?
Creation Mandate
What kind of experiment tests only one variable at a time?
Controlled experiment
What is the term for keeping internal balance, like sweating or shivering?
Homeostasis
What is the correct order from broadest to most specific?
Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species
Contrast humans with animals.
Both are living, but only humans are in God’s image and given dominion
Name the three parts of the Bible’s big story.
Creation, Fall, Redemption
Why do scientists use models?
To make complex things easier to understand
Name three characteristics all living things must have.
Possible answers: use energy, grow, reproduce, made of cells, respond to environment, organized
Which two organisms would be most closely related — ones that share the same genus or the same class?
Same genus
Contrast a worldview and a scientific model.
Worldview = framework for moral and life decisions; Model = explains natural processes
Give one way humans are different from animals.
Made in God’s image; given dominion
What is the difference between a scientific law and a scientific theory?
Law = describes what happens; Theory = explains why it happens
An object grows and uses energy but does not reproduce. Based on the information given, is it alive? Why or why not?
No, reproduction is essential
If a new organism is single-celled and makes its own food from sunlight, what key question would help scientists classify it?
Does it have a nucleus?
Compare sweating and shivering.
Both are homeostasis; sweating cools, shivering warms
Contrast the Creation Mandate and the Fall.
Creation Mandate = God’s command to care for creation; Fall = why creation is broken
A scientist sets up two identical plants. One gets regular water, one gets salty water. What’s the dependent variable?
How the plant grows/results
Compare sweating and shivering as examples of homeostasis.
Sweating cools the body; shivering warms the body
Scientists are comparing two species. Both are in the same class, but one belongs to a different order. What does this tell you about their relationship?
They are related, but not as closely as species that share the same order.
Compare and contrast the way scientists use a dichotomous key versus a taxonomy chart. How are they alike, and how are they different?
Both are tools used to classify and identify organisms. A dichotomous key helps identify an unknown organism step-by-step, while a taxonomy chart organizes organisms into levels based on shared characteristics.