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The story of where one came from
What is an Origin Story?
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The displacement of spectral lines towards longer wavelengths in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial bodies.
What is Red Shift
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A cloud of gas and dust in outer space.
What is a Nebula
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The huge slabs of rock that Earth's crust is broken into.
What are Tectonic Plates
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The capacity of living organisms or cells to regulate internal conditions in order to maintain a stable state.
What is Homeostasis
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What are the four claim testers?
What is Logic, Intuition, Authority, and Evidence.
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Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong Nuclear Force, and Weak Nuclear Force
What is the four fundamental forces
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Main Sequence
What is the first step in the life-cycle of a high or low mass star
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Hadean, Archean, Proterzoic, Phanerozoic.
What are the four eons of Earth in order?
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The KT extinction event.
What is the name of the event killing the dinosaurs?
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The theory that science and faith answer different questions about the universe
What is the theory that science and faith converge
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The first two elements created in the universe
What is Hydrogen and Helium
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The final element produced within a star, which slowly takes energy from the star.
What is iron
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The universe is so vast, that it is very unlikely no other life exists in it.
What is the largest piece of evidence of the common Earth theory?
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Photosynthesis, eukaryotes, multi-celled organisms, brains, movement to land, and finally mammals.
What is the order of the mini thresholds of life?
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Unknown and Unknown
What are the ingredients and Goldilocks conditions for Threshold 1
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This famous astronomer came up with the geocentric view of the universe which many other astronomers such as Ptolemy had accepted.
Who is Aristotle
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The way that new chemical elements are created within stars.
What is fusion.
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The Proterozoic eon.
What is the eon of the Earth in which "Snowball Earth" occurred.
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The dinosaurs were predators of mammals, once these predators were gone the mammals could evolve and become more complex.
What is the main reason that the KT extinction event paved the way for mammals?
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The people believed that the world was the center of the universe because of what claim tester?
What is Authority.
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Two of the most common claim testers that scientists use.
What are evidence and logic
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The part in a high mass star's life cycle where the most elements are formed.
What is a supernova
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The Archean Eon.
What is the eon in which the first life occurred on Earth.
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Homeostasis, adaptation, reproduction, and metabolism.
What are the four necessary traits of living things?