abeka phy sci 9 section 16.2
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sir isaac newton
laws of gravity; creationist
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william gilbert
invented electroscope; discovered earth’s magnetic field
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samuel morse
invented the telegraph
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replication
DNA is copied
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mutation
random change in DNA; gene is damaged
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radiometric dating
unstable isotopes used to estimate ages of rock samples and fossils
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inverse square laws
describes intensity of phenomena as being inversely proportional to square of distance
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circular reasoning
committed when decay rates are used to “prove” evolution
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intelligent design
uses scientific observation alone as evidence that there must be a designer
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framework hypothesis
denies Genesis 1-2; considers them as poetic descriptions
