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Chapter 1 Review

BJU Earth Science - Chapter 1

TermDefinition
the Creation Mandate The commandment to study and use the earth and its resources for God's glory and man's benefit
worldview overall perspective that we use to see and interpret the world
presuppositions ideas that are not proven to be true but that we assume to be true
hypothesis initial explanation for the problem. It also provides a direction for testing
theories models that scientists use as frameworks to explain their observations
laws describe the way different kinds of measurable physical quantities relate to each other
scientific model explain, describe, or represent something in the world
measured data produces reliable data gathered through the use of instruments with scales
descriptive data descriptions of observations collect
historical science investigates things that happened in the unobservable past
operational science investigates events and facts that can be observed in the here and now.
science used to glorify God and to benefit our fellow human beings
engineer use technology to solve problems.
worldview Your worldview is made up of what you believe about the most important things in life
secular without religion or worldly
derived data comes from analyzing data
science collection of observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature and the processes found in nature, for the purpose of enabling people to exercise good and wise dominion over God's world
inference a conclusion drawn from gathering a lot of data so that models work better
earth science the knowledge and organized methods of observing the earth and its processes using appropriate tools
scientific process separates science from nearly all other human activities
scientific question arises from curiosity, problems or opportunities for exercising biblical domain
controlled experiment allows scientist to vary only one factor at a time in order to see how that factor affects the thing he is studying
publishing allows scientist to check one another's work
astronomer study everything outside the earth’s atmosphere
meteorologist study weather and model the earth’s atmosphere
marine scientist studies anything related to the ocean.
hydrologists studies surface and underground fresh water
geologists studies the solid, rocky part of the earth
historical science relies almost entirely on a scientist’s worldview
operational science majority of scientists do the kind of work
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