Chapter 1 Vocabulary

3. the study of often controversial ethical issues that arise as the result of new advances in biology and medicine
6. the preservation and wise use of natural resources, usually with consideration for the current and future needs of humanity
8. the use of living systems and organisms to produce new products and technologies, often by manipulating cells or cellular components
11. a broad philosophical and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment, sometimes at the expense of considerations for human needs and activities
15. an orderly way of investigating phenomena by using measurable and repeatable observations to test a hypothesis
16. the combination of qualities that God has placed in people as a reflection of Himself

1. a simple, workable representation of a usually complex object or concept
2. a model that attempts to explain a set of observations
4. the command given by God to Adam and Eve to fill the earth and have dominion over it (Gen. 1:28)
5. the explanation or meaning given to a set of observations; affected by one's worldview
7. information fathered by using one of the five senses, or the process of gathering such information; can include measurements or descriptions
9. a simple, testable statement that predicts an answer to a question being investigated using the scientific method
10. the perspective or collection of presuppositions a person uses to view and interpret the world
12. a description (often mathematical), based on repeated observations, of the relationship between two or more phenomena
13. a subset of observations gathered from within a larger possible set of data
14. the study of life