Earth science

vocab and other stuff I must memmrise

CREATION MANDATE

idea people should fill earth + study it to discover best ways to use it

-Powerful tool to help others

-Declaring God’s glory

Gospel

good news

worldview

Overall perspective that is based on presumptions that a person uses to view and

interpret the world.

presupptions

 A basic assumption about the world that a person assumes true

secular

without religion - worldly

models

A simple, useful, workable representation of something in the world

sediments

Small particles of eroded material such as rocks, soil, sand, or clay

hypothesis

Initial explanation for a scientist problem- starting point for testing the validity of

an explanation 

theory

Framework to explain observations. A theory explains.

Law

 Description of relationship between 2 or more variables that is based on repeated

observations. A law describes something that happens without any explanation as to

why it happens. Often mathematical

data

Any information collected by observation

Derive

Obtain information from other information

inference

Drawing conclusion from something known or assumed to be true

measured data

Data that usually consists of numbers with units. Produce measured data

using instruments. Usually more objective than descriptive data. Also known as quantitative data.

descriptive data

Data describing an observation using words. Depends more on the

observer's judgement- not as reliable or repeatable as measured data.

Also known as qualitative data

science

Collection of observation, explanation, and models produced through an organized

study of nature and processes found in nature to enable people to exercise good and 

wise dominion over God's world. The word science also refers to organized methods

that produce observations, explanations, and models.

Earth science

knowledge and practices of observing the earth and its processes. Earth 

science involves using appropriate tools to create models that describe and explain how 

the earth works.

operational science

investigates events + facts from today - observable

historical science

investigates things in the UNobservable past

scientific process

Orderly way of investigating a question by using measurable, repeatable

observations to test a hypothesis

operatinal science

investigates events + facts from today

pricnciple of uniformity

Saying the same process will always produce the same results.

Assumes the world operates in a reliable and consistent way that is predictable.

principle cause and effect

Any observable result of a process - an effect must have an

adequate cause

operatinal defention

tells what tests something must pass to meet the definition

Matter that comes from living things is called organic matter matter that does not come from living things is called inorganic matter.

Mixtures are physical combinations of two or more substances

tempatures

is the hottest or coldest an object or substance is

solids

A rigid state of matter in which particles align in a fixed arrangement. A solid substance has an unchanging shape and volume.

liquids

A fluid state of matter in which the particles are free to move but are held close to each other. A liquid substance has an unchanging volume but changeable shape.

plasma

A fluid state of matter made up of extremely high temperature ionized particles. Plasma has both a changeable shape and volume. Since stars are made of Plasma, it is most common state of matter in the universe

melting

The changing state from a solid to a liquid at the melting point that is caused by adding energy. Melting is the opposite of freezing.

freezing

The change of state from liquid to a solid caused by removing energy. Freezing is the opposite of melting.

boiling

The changing state from a liquid to a gas at the boiling point. Boiling is a form of vaporization that occurs when the pressure in the liquid exceeds the atmospheric pressure.

evaporating

The change of a state from a liquid to a gas below the boiling point but above the freezing point. Evaporation is a form of vaporization that occurs when particles near the surface of the liquid gain sufficient energy to escape the liquid. 

condenstation

The change of state from a gas to a liquid caused by removing energy. Condensation occurs at the dew point and is the opposite of vaporization. 

sublimation

The change of a state from a solid directly to a gas caused by adding energy. Sublimation is the opposite of deposition. 

deposition

The change of state from a gas directly into a solid caused by removing energy. Deposition is the opposite of sublimation.

mass

The measure of the amount of matter in an object.

weight

The force of gravitational attraction between an object's mass and its resident planet. 

force

A push or a pull of an object.

gravity

 The attraction force between any two objects based  on their masses. The strength of gravity decreases rapidly as the two objects move apart.