abeka phy sci 9 section 16.2

last science flashcards for 9th grade...phewf 💀

sir isaac newton

laws of gravity; creationist

william gilbert

invented electroscope; discovered earth’s magnetic field

samuel morse

invented the telegraph

replication

DNA is copied

mutation

random change in DNA; gene is damaged

radiometric dating

unstable isotopes used to estimate ages of rock samples and fossils

inverse square laws

describes intensity of phenomena as being inversely proportional to square of distance

circular reasoning

committed when decay rates are used to “prove” evolution

intelligent design

uses scientific observation alone as evidence that there must be a designer

framework hypothesis

denies Genesis 1-2; considers them as poetic descriptions