Worldview
The overall perspective you use to interpret the world.
Science Defined
The organized methods used to produce the observations, explanations, and models that we use to study and understand God's creation and use it wisely.
Presuppositions
Ideas that are not proven but are assumed to be true.Ex: Creationist = Earth is young.Secular = Earth is very old.
Bias
prejudice for or against something as compared to something else, often with little or no allowance for variations.
Matter
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Force
A push or pull on an object
Atom
The smallest building block of all matter. Atoms have a nucleus containing Protons (+) and Neutrons, and circling the nucleus are electrons (-).
Ion
charged particle
Inferring
drawing conclusions from something known or assumed to be true.
Comparing
to explore the similarities or differences of things.
Analyzing
To examine something methodically for the purpose of explanation and interpretation.
Classifying
To place things in groups by comparing their similarities.
Testing (Experimenting)
To perform a scientific (methodical) procedure to determine something.
Verifying
To make sure or demonstrate that something is true or accurate- often done by repeating.
Observations
Obtaining information by using your 5 senses.
Data
Pieces of information gathered through observations.
Hypothesis
Initial explanation of a scientific problem based on prior research.
Scientific Laws
These are used to describe patterns observed in science.
Scientific Theories
These are explanations of laws based on tested hypotheses.
Models
These are created by scientists to help explain, describe, or represent something. Models are especially useful when concepts are difficult to observe.
Operational Science
Science done through observations solving present day problems.
Historical Science
Science done to study what happened in the unobserved past.
Cause and Effect
This principle states that for every result of an observable process (Effect), there must have been an adequate thing to make the result happen (Cause).
Question
Formulate a question or problem to be addressed by science.
Research
Discover what is already known about the question or problem
State the hypothesis
An educated guess based on research that can be tested.
Test the hypothesis
This is usually data collected through doing some experiment or test.
Analyze the data
This is usually data collected through doing some experiment or test.
Draw Conclusions
Determine if the data supports the hypothesis or not.
Publish Results
Results are shared with other scientists for review and further testing.
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describes What
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explains whY