CHAPTER 1 TEST: THE WORLD OF EARTH SCIENCE

The commandment to study and use the earth and its resources for God’s glory and man’s benefit is called ___________.

• the Great Commandment

• the principle of uniformity

• creational goodness

• the Creation Mandate

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

• A. ridiculing a secular scientist because he believes that the earth is 4.5 billion years old

• B. launching a satellite to improve communication

• C. creating a device to measure earthquakes

• D. building a dam to reduce flooding

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The three foundational points of a Christian worldview are Creation, the Fall, and ___________.

• Change

• Redemption

• Sin

• Data

Which of the following statements is true?

• A. A worldview is based on descriptive data.

• B. A worldview is based on wisely using God’s world.

• C. A worldview is based on science.

• D. A worldview is based on presuppositions.

Creationist and secular scientists can have the same information but come to different conclusions because they have different ___________ of data.

• values

• types

• interpretations

• uses

A scientific model

• must be a physically constructed item.

• is a workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening.

• is something that a scientist makes in his spare time.

• always gives the right answer to a scientific question.

What is not true about a hypothesis?

• A. It provides direction for testing.

• B. It offers an initial explanation for an observation.

• C. It might be used to make predictions.

• D. It should be as complicated as possible.

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Which of the following typically comes first in the scientific process?

• publishing findings

• building a theory

• stating a hypothesis

• experimenting

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

• descriptive

• derived

• measured

• inferred

The work of good science involves __________.

• glorifying God

• showing love to your neighbor

• neither A nor B

• both A and B

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