Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the study of matter and the changes that it undergoes
  2. 3. a testable explanation for a phenomenom that forms the basis for scientific inquiry
  3. 5. the perspective from which a person sees and interprets all of life. It is made up of what one beleives about the most important things in life.
  4. 9. a scientific model that explains a phenomenon
  5. 10. observational data, uses descriptive language and cannot be measured
  6. 11. a scientific model that describe a phenomenon, usually in mathematical terms
  7. 12. the process by which scientists answer scientific questions; also known as the scientific method
  8. 13. data that is explained with numbers
Down
  1. 2. anything that has mass and takes up space
  2. 4. the assumption about the world, the sum total of a person's presuppositions forms the basis of his/her worldview
  3. 6. a worldview that is based on a belief that matter is all that exists and that human reasoning informed by science is the only reliable path to truth
  4. 7. a workable explanation, description, or representation of a phenomenon
  5. 8. God's commandment to mankind to have dominion over the world that He created.