BJU Earth Science Chapter 1 Review

Measurable or descriptive information collected while observing nature is called ______.

• data

• energy

• matter

• force

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

• descriptive

• derived

• measured

• inferred

An idea that is assumed to be true is called what?

• Theory

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Presupposition

Observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature to enable people to exercise good and wise dominion over the world is known as what?

• Theory

• Science

• Hypothesis

• Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Some scientists serve as educators or as expert witnesses in court.

• True

• False

Models are acceptable only when they perfectly portray what they are intended to represent.

• True

• False

What kind of earth science studies earthquakes and their causes?

• Marine science

• Seismology

• Historical science

• Operational science

Which of the following statements is true?

• A worldview is based on descriptive data.

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

• A worldview is based on science.

• A worldview is based on presuppositions.

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

• Change

• Redemption

• Sin

• Data

The process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him is called what?

• Redemption

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Presupposition