Chapter 1 Flashcards
An organized way of finding a valuable solution to a problem
Scientific method
Observed and recorded information
Data
Trying to control all variables of two or more groups
Controlled experiment.
Knowledge
Science
A conclusion based on observation
Inference
An idea you take for granted
Presupposition
The world view that many modern biologists hold
Naturalism
The overall perspective from which a person sees and interprets the world
World view
A simple testable guess about an answer to a problem
Hypothesis
What someone wants to believe
Bias
Facts gained from a persons 5 senses
Observation
The charge God gave to man over the earth and to have dominion over the earth.
Creation mandate
Obtaining data by observing many conditions that already exist
Survey
Obtaining more data
Verify
The deciding of the arranged data to see of it fits the hypothesis
Analyzing