the systematic study of God's physical creation and how it works
100
The three common states of matter are ___
solid, liquid, gas
100
What are physical properties?
can change without changing the type of matter
100
What is one requirement that a hypothesis must meet to be proved?
testability
100
What is volume?
the amount of space that matter takes up.
200
What is matter?
the substance of the physical world
200
The state of matter that is a special type of gas that exists at extremely high temperatures is ___
plasma
200
What are chemical properties?
describe how a substance changes when reacting with other substances
200
What is another requirement that a hypothesis must meet to be proved?
repeatability
200
What is density?
indicates how tightly packed the matter is
300
What is inertia?
the property of matter that makes it resist changes in motion
300
Two main branches of physical science are ___
physics, chemistry
300
What is mass?
the amount of matter in an object; the amount of inertia an object has
300
One of the reasons for Christians to study science?
to lead man to glorify God
300
What is temperature?
measurement of an object's thermal energy
400
What is force?
the push or pull applied to an object
400
Three main steps of the scientific method are ___
observing, hypothesizing, experimenting
400
What is weight?
the amount of gravitational pull on an object
400
What is another reason for Christians to study science?
to use scientific knowledge for man's benefit
400
What is the scientific method?
the orderly process by which scientists investigate the secrets of nature; observing, hypothesizing, exerpimenting
500
What is energy?
the ability to do work
500
Four limitations of science are __
limited to the study of created matter, relies on assumptions, bias, provides approximate descritions
500
Define the principal of causality
the law of cause and effect and states that the universe is orderly and operates according to physical laws
500
Define non sequitur
a logic error in which a conclusion is not a logical consequence of the evidence
500
Define the hypothesis, experiment, theory, scientific law.
explanation to describe the process, an artificial situation to show how things happen, when a hypothesis has passed the test and has scientist support, stands the test of time