Chem ch 1-2 Flashcards
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What is chemistry
Study of matter and how matter changes
What is matter
Anything that has volume and mass
Does chemistry affect our worldview
Yes
What is worldview
Perspective from which you see and interpret all life
Whats biblical worldview
How someone sees and interprets life using the bible as the guide
What presuppositions
Assumptions about the world
What do naturalists believe
Matter is all that exists and science is the only reliable path to truth
How can naturalists explain the origins of the universe
they have many ideas but nothing proves. It would involve chance, random incidents without a meaning or a purpose. it just happened
Model
Simplifies something in the world to explain, describe, or represent it
What are examples of models
atomic models and ecosystem models
How are scientific models useful
Workable and can help to predict
Without models we can’t understand…
How things work and how to solve problems
Do all scientific models fit within a biblical worldview
no
When did ancient chem start
3000 BC
Earliest mention of ancient chem was
Men worked with metals: iron, copper ore, bronze. Deut 8:9
What ancient time had apothecaries and what are they
Ancient egypt. Old school pharmacists
Greeks
Reasoned about nature of matter with no lab experiments at all
Alchemists
Romans, Egyptians, Arabs, and Europeans. Observation and experimentation. Some astrology and mysticism
Why did alchemists do this
Make gold out of common metal. Gain immortality through medicines
Good things alchemists did*
Discovered elements and acids. Started to create lab equipment and experiments
Modern chemistry
Developed atomic models. Elements discovered. Chem became academic discipline. Practical uses: fabric, paint, tools
How did alchemists advance science
They created observation and experimentation
Why is chemistry important
Diseases can be slowed down or cured
Human lifespan has been made longer
Quality of life has improved for many people
There is no cure for death
Is “the human condition will improve by evolution alone” a Biblical worldview
No