Quiz about Earth Science Chapter 1

Question 1

Any information scientists collect by observing nature.

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Data

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

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Presupposition

Question 2

Data that is created from other base data

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Derived data

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

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Relative data

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Scientific models must be

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Workable

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Complicated

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Constant

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Unaltered

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This form of science investigates things that have happened in the unobservable past.

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Historical Science

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Earth Science

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Operational Science

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Theory

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Data that is a scientist's observed or written description.

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

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Models

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Law

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This is model that describes how phenomena relate to each other in a predictable way.

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Law

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Model

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Theory

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Worldview

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This form of science investigates events and facts that can be observed in the present.

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Operational Science

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Earth Science

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Historical Science

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Worldview

Question 8

This form of data consists of numbers or units

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Measured data

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Descriptive data

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Law

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Theory

Question 9

Beliefs that cannot be proven to be true

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Presupposition

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Law

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Theory

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Worldview

Question 10

A model that explains a set of observations

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Theory

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Data

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Law

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Worldview

Question 11

The overall perspective that we use to see and interpret the world.

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Worldview

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Data

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Presuppositions

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Science

Question 12

The study of the Earth and its neighboring celestial bodies of the solar system. It involves fields of study concerned with the solid Earth (geology), its waters (hydrosphere), and the air that envelops it (atmosphere)

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Earth Science

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Chemistry

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Physical Science

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Biology

Question 13

A simple, useful, workable representation of something in the world.

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Model

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Data

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Law

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Worldview

Question 14

Where is the Creation Mandate located in Scripture (Give Book, chapter, and verse)?

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Genesis 1:28

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Genesis 1:27

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Genesis 1:31

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Genesis 2:9

Question 15

This Principle states that the world operates in a reliable and unvarying way.

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Principle of Uniformity

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Principle of Cause and Effect

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Law of Consistency

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Principle of Reliability

Question 16

This Principle states that anything with an observable result; must have an adequate process that caused the result.

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Principle of Cause and Effect

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Principle of Causation

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Principle of Reliability

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Principle of Uniformity

Question 17

What are we commanded to do in the Creation Mandate

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Be fruitful and multiply

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Subdue and have dominion

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Love your neighbor as yourself

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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength

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What are the 3 foundations of a Biblical worldview

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Creation of the World

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Fall of Man

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Redemption through Christ

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Global Flood

Question 19

Name for the study of the earth (not earth science)

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Geology

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Astronomy

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Meterology

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Oceanography

Question 20

What is the all-encompassing name for the study of the oceans?

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Oceanography

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Marine Biology

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Marine Geologist

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Marine Chemist

Question 21

What is the specific name for the study of the atmosphere including the changes in weather and wind patterns?

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Meterology

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Astronomy

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Hydrologist

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Geologists

Question 22

Which form of science is more reliable Historical Science or Operational Science and why?

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Operational Science

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Historical Science

Question 23

If a model contradicts scripture, it is okay to accept the model as long as there is enough scientific evidence to support the model

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False

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True

Question 24

Which form of data is more reliable Descriptive Data or Measured Data?

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Measured data

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Descriptive Data

Question 25

Which of the following is not an example of applying the Creation Mandate?

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Ridiculing a secular scientist because he believes the earth is 4.5 billion years old

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Launching a satellite to improve communication

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Creating a device to measure earthquakes

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Building a dam to reduce flooding

Question 26

Creationists and secular scientists can have the same information but come up with different conclusions because they have different __________ of data

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Interpretations

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Values

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Types

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Uses

Question 27

A scientific model

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Is a workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening

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Must be a physically constructed item

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Is something that a scientist makes in his spare time

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Always gives the right answer to a scientific question

Question 28

If scientific information is collected with an instrument containing a numerical scale, it is most likely ________ data

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Measured

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Descriptive

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Derived

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Inferred

Question 29

A meteorologist measures the air temperature every hour and uses it to create a graph of the air temperature over the course of a day. Analyzing this graph and using the information gathered is an example of

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Derived data

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Measured data

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Inference

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Theory

Question 30

A scientific model is a complete representation of reality with no limitations

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False

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True

Question 31

A scientist who specializes in studying deep ocean sediments would properly be called a

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Marine Geologist

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Marine Biologist

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Marine Engineer

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Astrogeologist

Question 32

This form of science relies heavily on a person's worldview

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Historical Science

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Formal Science

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Operational Science

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None of the above

Question 33

This form of science works with data collection

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Operational Science

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Formal Science

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Historical Science

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None of the above

Question 34

Which of the following statements is true about scientific modeling?

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All of the above

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A model is a simplified representation of reality

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Models can change

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A model must be workable

Question 35

Science forms an adequate basis for a worldview because the knowledge gained from science never changes

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False

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True

Question 36

Based on an observer's judgement

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

Question 37

Data that consists of numbers or units

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Measured data

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Descriptive data

Question 38

Not as accurate

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

Question 39

Data produced by instruments to obtain measurements

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Measured data

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Descriptive data

Question 40

Better accuracy, repeatability, and reliability

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Measured data

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Descriptive data

Question 41

A scientists observed or written opinion

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Descriptive data

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Measured data

Question 42

What are the two greatest commandments?

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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength

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Love your neighbor as yourself

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Great Commission

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Creation Mandate

Question 43

Where are the two greatest commandments located?

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Mark 12:30-31

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Genesis 1:27-28

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Matthew 28:16-20

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John 3:16

Question 44

What is the first record in scripture of God speaking to Man

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Creation Mandate

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The Great Commission

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Abrahamic Covenant

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Noahic Covenant

Question 45

Ex nihilo means

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out of nothing

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leaving sin

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perfect creation

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being alone

Question 46

An orderly way of investigating phenomena by using measurable and repeatable observations to test a scientific question

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Scientific method

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Analysis

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Experiments

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Surveys

Question 47

A simple, testable statement that predicts the answer to your question

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Hypothesis

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Analysis

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Survey

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Experiment

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