Scientific Process
The first step in the scientific process.
Forming a Scientific Question
Ideas that are not proven to be true but we assume to be true
Presupposition
God’s command for us to be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over the earth.
Creation Mandate
This is information scientists collect by observing nature. An insufficient amount of this can lead to inaccurate models.
Data
An initial explanation for the problem the scientist is investigating. It is clear, specific, and testable.
Hypothesis
The idea that the world operates in a reliable and unchanging way.
Principle of Uniformity
God calls us to ________ people with the knowledge we have from studying the earth.
Help
The knowledge and organized methods of observing the earth and its processes using appropriate tools.
Earth Science
The investigation of events that happened in the unobservable past.
Historical Science
Anything that is an observable result of a process - effect - must have a cause.
Principle of Cause and Effect
Humans can declare God’s glory in earth science through discovery and _____________.
Imitation
The fifth step in the scientific process
Analyzing data
The investigation of events and facts that can be observed in the present.
Operational Science
These explain, describe, or represent something in the world.
Models
The two most important commandments God tells us to follow
Love God and love your neighbor
The temperature of Boston at noon (1200)
29 or 30 degrees Celciius
The fourth step in the scientific process.
Collecting Data
Theories ___________. Laws _____________.
Explain. Describe.
Restoring something to the way it should be by paying a price (An example of what Christ does for us on the cross).
Redemption
The population of New York in 1930
10 million