-They are workable
-They have predictive power - ️️How are models essential to solving problems in
the world?
Applied Science - ️️Using science to solve real-world problems
Pure Science - ️️Using science to understand how and why things work
Chemistry - ️️The study of matter an...
BJU Press Chemistry Chapter 1 Test
-They are workable
-They have predictive power - ✔️✔️How are models essential to solving problems in
the world?
Applied Science - ✔️✔️Using science to solve real-world problems
Pure Science - ✔️✔️Using science to understand how and why things work
Chemistry - ✔️✔️The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes
Matter - ✔️✔️Anything that takes up space and has mass
Worldview - ✔️✔️The perspective from which a person sees and interprets all of life
Model - ✔️✔️A workable explanation, description, or representation of a phenomenon
-They rely on our observations of the world
-Finer details are omitted
-We are often limited in our abilities to explain observations - ✔️✔️What are some
problems with models?
Apothecaries - ✔️✔️Early pharmacists
Ancient Greek philosophers - ✔️✔️Where did the idea that matter was made from
atoms come from?
Alchemists - ✔️✔️Brought experimentation into science; blend of mysticism and
experimentation
Classical Chemistry - ✔️✔️Widespread acceptance of scientific inquiry
Modern Chemistry - ✔️✔️Use of new models
Creation, the fall, and redemption - ✔️✔️What composes the Biblical worldview?
Absolute truths - ✔️✔️What is science NOT?
Presuppositions - ✔️✔️Assumptions about the world that become the basis of
worldviews
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