Chapter 1 Quizs

biology

• the study of life

• the study of planets

• the study of rocks

• the study of human behavior

worldview

• a way of seeing and interpreting all aspects of life that arises out of an overarching narrative and that shapes how a person thinks and acts

• a specific belief about the nature of reality that is universally accepted

• a philosophical approach that disregards personal experiences and emotions

• a method of analyzing data without considering cultural influences

theory

• a model that explains a set of observations

• a hypothesis that is yet to be tested

• a collection of unrelated facts

• a guess based on intuition

model

• a detailed and complex representation of reality

• a simplified representation of reality that describes or explains something in the world in a workable and useful way

• a theoretical framework that cannot be applied in real situations

• a random collection of data without any structure

image of God

• the combination of qualities that God has placed in people as a reflection of Himself.

• a physical representation of God in human form.

• the ability to perform miracles and wonders like God.

• the moral code that God expects humans to follow.

scientific inquiry

• a logical procedure that helps answer a scientific question.

• a method of collecting data without any hypothesis.

• a way to conduct experiments without any controls.

• a process of making random guesses about scientific phenomena.

Creation Mandate

• The first command God gave to the first man and woman was to fill the earth and have dominion over it (Gen. 1:28)

• The first command God gave to Noah was to build an ark and save the animals.

• The first command God gave to Moses was to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

• The first command God gave to Abraham was to sacrifice his son Isaac.

law

• a model that describes how phenomena relate to each other in a predictable way

• a set of rules enforced by social institutions

• a principle that cannot be violated under any circumstances

• a theory that explains the behavior of matter