Physical Science Track In-class Notes

Scientists claim the 12000 year ice age estimate because they're considering every layer of an ice core to be formed over...

1 year

4 rules for finding the right information.

1. You usually can't become an expert 2. Asking experts may not help 3. You can avoid foolish conclusions 4. You can seek quality information

The old-earth estimate claims the last ice age ended _____ years ago

12,000

Genesis was written around ____

1400

The creationist estimate claims the last ice age ended ____ years ago

4000

Lake Agassiz was located in

Canada

What aspect of design in geology are atheists unable to accept?

Divine design

Who discovered that the speed of light was not relative?

Einstein

Who pioneered modern physics?

Einstein

Who was the most famous skeptic of the weird non-casual interpretation of quantum mechanics?

Einstein

What body-part did Darwin admit was hard to believe could come about by evolution? ____

Eyes

A day is one rotation of the Earth around the sun, a month is a complete moon cycle, but why do we have weeks?

God commanded it in Exodus 20.

Who wrote "A Brief History of Time" and was an ALS paralyzed Cambridge physicist?

Hawking

The scientific method is what four elements in order?

Induction, pattern, hypothesis, test.

Who discovered that nothing holds the moon up?

Isaac Newton

Which book of the Bible leads to the conclusion that the Ice Age may have been in effect during its' story?

Job

The oldest writing ever found was on the _____ ______, 5000 years ago

Kish Tablets

Which flood had nothing to do with glaciers?

Lake Bonneville

Lake Missoula was located in

Michigan

What is the term for a loose deposit of rocks on top of the ground deposited by glaciers?

Moraine

Who made significant discoveries about light and prisms?

Newton

Distance / Time =

Speed

Lake Bonneville was located in

Utah

What book did Hawking write? a. A brief history of Time, The Grand Design b. On the Origin of Species c. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

a. A brief history of time, the grand design.

The conditions for an ice age were a. High precipitation and low temps b. Low precipitation and low temps

a. High precipitation and low temps

Who is associated with the idea of Natural Theology ? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

a. Paley

The ice age most likely happened _____ the flood a. after b. during c. before

a. after

BPA acts most like a. estrogen b. testosterone

a. estrogen

Which is not a theory of formation of the parallel roads? a. volcanic action b. great floods c. continental upheavals d. a glacier-trapped lake

a. volcanic action

William Paley's watchmaker argument was comparing watches self-replicating to the ability of ______ to self-replicate, arguing that they both clearly have intelligent design.

animals

Everything made up of _____ is quantized

atoms

Hawking claimed figuring out the _____ _____ would let us know the mind of God. a. original ancestor b. Big Bang c. ultimate truth

b. Big Bang

Which came first? a. Modern physics b. Classical physics

b. Classical physics

Who is associated with the idea of planets orbiting around the sun? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

b. Copernicus

What book did Darwin write? a. A brief history of Time, The Grand Design b. On the Origin of Species c. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

b. On the origin of species

Benjamin Franklin is best known for his discoveries regarding ______ & _____ a. wives & sidechicks b. electricity & magnetism c. infidelity & poor parenting d. pompousness & narcissism e. commitment issues & nonexistent morals

b. electricity & magnetism

Einstein contradicted Classical Physics by proving that light also acts as a. waves b. particles

b. particles

Rocks worn by glaciers are a. Smooth but not polished b. Polished smooth but with scratches c. Polished smooth but no scratched d. disconnected, fragmentary marks

b. polished smooth but with scratches

The Glen Roy Roads are a... a. Glacier skidmark b. manmade feature c. Lake shoreline

c. Lake shoreline

Who is associated with the idea of clockwork universe? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

c. Newton

Why evidence did Agassiz find in Scotland for glaciers? a. Strange mineral deposits b. Ice cores c. Smooth rock scratches

c. Smooth rock scratches

Which of these is NOT relative? a. Time b. Motion c. Speed of light

c. Speed of light

What book did Kuhn write? a. A brief history of Time, The Grand Design b. On the Origin of Species c. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

c. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Where is BPA commonly found other than receipt ink? a. metal b. markers c. plastic

c. plastic

Newton concluded that the universe operated like "________" because space is very predictable

clockwork

Who is associated with the idea of relativity? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

d. Einstein

We can recognize _____.

design

Who is associated with first proposing the idea of induction, rather than deduction? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

e. Bacon

Who is associated with the idea of advocating that induction is HUMorous because it can't actually prove anything for sure? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

f. Hume

The ice age could explain why _____ evidence is obscured

flood

Who is associated with the idea of not actually having to prove things absolutely, as long as we can establish a high mathematical probability? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

g. Mortiz Schlick/Vienna Circle

Who is associated with the idea of all mathematical proofs are incomplete (aren't good[el]) and can't ultimately prove anything? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

h. Godel

Who is associated with the idea that things don't needed to be proven true, they only need to be proven false? (theory is POPPed) a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

i. POPPer

Agassiz theory for the Scottish glaciers is an ___ ___

ice age

Who is associated with the idea of scientific theories being useful and lasting a long time even when proven LAcKing ? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

j. LAKatos

Who is associated with BENDing the idea of science to say it is nothing more than a religion ? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

k. FeyeraBEND

Who is associated with the idea of evolution contributions? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

l. Gould

Who is known for exPLANCKing the not-so-BOHRing idea of quantum mechanics? a. Paley, b. Copernicus, c. Newton, d. Einstein, e. Bacon, f. Hume, g. Moritz Schlick/Vienna Circle, h. Godel, i. Popper, j. Lakatos, k. Feyerabend, l. Gould, m. Planck & Bohr

m. PLANCK & BOHR

The study of motion is called

mechanics

The false dichotomy of natural law vs. supernatural events is proven wrong because God has set up divine natural law that is punctuated by occasional ______.

miracles

What everyday example of quantized did we examine? _____

money

Darwin thought the parallel roads were ____ ____

ocean beaches

Any time before written history is called _______

prehistoric

The term for something that, at it's smallest, is still a "packet" containing multiple pieces/steps is _______

quantized

If behavior/nature changes depending on the observer's location/position, it is considered ______

relative

The three pathways to truth are...

science, religion, philosophy

The most amazing thing about animals is that they are ____-______

self-replicating

The greater engine of the glaciers in North America formed ______

soil

The answers to the three life questions we all ask are either ________ or _______

supernatural athiest

Deism assumes that the ________ was "wound up" by God and left alone.

universe

Job mentions _____, dry desert valleys prone to flash flooding, filled with ice and snow

wadis

The three questions we ask about life summed up into one word each are:

(What is our) origin? purpose? destiny?