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Contrast the time frame of a secular view of Earth's history with that of a biblical view. -
️️They might say something about the history of the earth, starting with a big bang
and its formation from a nebula of dust about 4 billion years ago, but God created the
good earth and everything in...
BJU Press Chapter 1 Review Questions.
Contrast the time frame of a secular view of Earth's history with that of a biblical view. -
✔️✔️They might say something about the history of the earth, starting with a big bang
and its formation from a nebula of dust about 4 billion years ago, but God created the
good earth and everything in it from nothing about 7000 years ago.
What is our role on God's Earth? - ✔️✔️To study cave formations, lightning, ocean
currents, and nebulas, to learn about God through what He's created.
Give at least two examples of how we can help others with earth science. - ✔️✔️To
study and work, we should use the knowledge we get to help other people.
Why do secular and Christian scientists often arrive at different conclusions about the
same geological data? - ✔️✔️The secular scientist begins his explanation on the basis
of his things come from natural causes. The biblical Christian however will describe how
God created a very good Earth and everything in it from 7000 years ago.
Why are scientific models incomplete and not perfectly accurate? - ✔️✔️Because
scientists' explanations are incomplete because it's never complete or quite accurate.
What is the most important quality of a good scientific model? - ✔️✔️Models are
valuable because they work and they are useful for understanding the world.
Discuss the difference between a hypothesis and a theory. - ✔️✔️A hypothesis is a
initial explanation for the problem, but theories are models that scientists use as
frameworks to explain their observations.
Why is helping people important to God? - ✔️✔️In Genesis 1, we see that God made
people to have dominion over the earth in order to help each other by the Creation
Mandate. We need to engage in dominion in a way that helps other people because
people are important to God, and they should be to us too.
Compare a theory and a law. - ✔️✔️Theories explain while laws describe
What are three kinds of data discussed in this chapter? - ✔️✔️The 3 types of data are
measured data, descriptive data, and derived data.
Define Earth Science in your own words. - ✔️✔️Earth science is simply the knowledge
with organized methods of observing the earth and its process.
List the activities usually associated with the general scientific process. - ✔️✔️Forming
a scientific question, Conducting initial research, and stating the hypothesis.
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