7th Grade Science 1A - 1B Life Science - pages 3 - 13; Abeka program; study quiz Life Science - pages 3 - 13; Abeka program; study quiz vshankins published on August 25, 20154 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/24 What is Science? The knowledge gained from careful, systematic investigation of the natural world. A piece of information that a person has gained by using one or more of the five senses. What someone wants to believe. 2/24 A model is: A simple representation of a much more complex object or concept. What someone wants to believe. Well-grounded and accurate. 3/24 To think like a scientist, you must have at least three characteristics: Hint: 3 choices curiosity commitment caution bias presupposition 4/24 An observation is a piece of: information that a person has gained by using on or more of the five senses. information that can be faulty. an idea that you take for granted. 5/24 All observations are valid. False True 6/24 Observations are a logical conclusion based on inferences. False True 7/24 An inference is: Based on an observation. A logical conclusion. Both Neither 8/24 Science deals only with things that can be observed. True False 9/24 Scientific observations may be: faulty true mistakes bias 10/24 What does fallible mean: able to make mistakes true bias 11/24 Scientists are influenced by ____________________. bias truth observations 12/24 A bias is: what someone wants to believe an observation a judgement 13/24 Science cannot make value judgements. True False 14/24 A value judgement is: a determination of the worth of something what someone wants to believe well-grounded and accurate 15/24 A universal statement is: A statement that excludes every other possibility A statement that you take for granted faulty 16/24 Can scientist proof universal statements? Yes No 17/24 Can science prove final answers? Yes No 18/24 What is a final answer? An answer that is absolutely true and never needs to be rejected or revised An answer that is faulty An answer that is presuppositional 19/24 Scientism is: Those who believe science is the only path to truth What someone wants to believe An idea that you take for granted 20/24 A presupposition is an idea that you take for granted. True False 21/24 The natural world is a very orderly place is one of the most important _________________________ for a scientist. presuppositions observations inference 22/24 A worldview is the overall _______________________ from which a person sees and _________________________ the world. Hint: 2 choices perspective interprets view hears observes 23/24 Naturalism is: the worldview that many modern biologists hold to. faulty a final answer 24/24 Creation Mandate is: the charge God gave to man in Genesis 1:28 to exercise dominion, or stewardship, over the earth. God has made all things (Gen. 1:1) God brought to life a world of marvelous beauty and complexity (Gen. 1-11:25)
