Chapter 1 Vocab Terms
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Cycle of scientific enterprise
The cycle of hypothesis, experiment, analysis, review and theory
Experiment
A scientific test of a hypothesis
General revolution
The revolution of truth in creation, discernible to all who observe it
Special revolution
Revolution of truth in the Bible, God’s word
Science
The process of using experimentation, observation, and reasoning to develop mental models of the natural world
Hypothesis
Testable, inform prediction based on a theory about what happened in certain conditions
Scientific fact
A statement supported by a lot of scientific evidence that is correct as far as we know
Truth
The way things are
Mental model
Representation of explanation
Scientific method
An objective, standardize process that describes how to conduct valid experimental research
Theory 1
• Theory is a representation of how part of the natural world works 2.Theories are mental models 3.Theory should account for known facts (so far as possible) 4.Scientific theories must enable scientist, to formulate new hypothesis