Name that term.
anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
Data in the form of numbers determined through measuring
What is quantitative data?
The beginning of chemistry
What is creation?
relies on God's World
What is a biblical worldview?
Difference between applied science and pure science
Applied science uses science to solve real-world problems. Pure science uses science to understand how and why things work.
The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes
What is chemistry?
The process of identifying a problem, forming a hypothesis, testing it, and evaluating the results
What is scientific inquiry?
The scientist that defined the elements in 1661
Who is Robert Boyle?
relies on man's reasoning
What is a naturalistic worldview?
The process of having other scientists review scientific work by which the research is evaluated
What is peer review?
What is worldview?
A scientific model that describe a phenomenon, often in mathematical terms
What is a law?
The scientist that came up with the theory for earth, air, fire, and water
Who is Empedocles?
The three ways Christians can use chemistry
What are: (1) glorify God, (2) love their neighbors, and (3) expose error introduced by naturalistic worldview?
The two reasons models are essential to solving problems in the world.
(1) They are workable. (2) They have predictive power.
A workable explanation, description, or representation of a phenomenon
What is a model?
A worldview that is based on a belief that matter is all that exists and human reasoning informed by science is the only reliable path to truth
What is naturalism?
The scientists that came up with atomic structure models in 1912
Neils Bohr and Ernest Rutherford
The three questions Christians should consider when thinking about applying Biblical ethics
(1) What does God's Word say?
(2) What results are right?
(3) How can I grow in this decision?
The three things that make a good hypothesis
What are: simple, reasonable, and testable?
An assumption about the world
What is a presupposition?
A scientific model that explains a phenomenon
What is a theory?
The scientist that published the periodic table in 1869
Who is Dimitri Mendeleev?
The three parts of the ethical triad
What are (1) Biblical principles, (2) Biblical outcomes, and (3) Biblical motivations?
Difference between inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.
Deductive reasoning proceeds from general statements (premises) to conclusions. Inductive reasoning proceeds from known data to an unknown conclusion.