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SSFT Travel CourseAccelerated Expansion - answer The universe appears to be expanding at an
increasing rate.
Ad Hoc Hypothesis - answer A theory is added to a hypothesis in order to prevent it
from being falsified.
Adult STEM Cells - answer Cells that are not embryotic.
E.g. bone-marrow cells
Agnostic - answer A spiritual position that affirms neither faith nor disbelief
Altruism - answer The truly selfless giving of ones-self to others without any secondary
motives.
E.g. Mother Teresa
Argument from Design - answer There is a noticeable difference between naturally
occurring objects and those that couldn't have come to be as they are without the
intervention of a designer.
Artificial Selection - answerHuman choice over nature; humans choose the livestock
that best produces the sought after results (desired traits), eventually changing the
behaviorial characteristics of their crops and livestock. (Holser pp.89)
Astrology - answerRegarded as a "craft" but not a science; horoscopes
Astronomy - answerThe study of space and the universe Uses math, physics, and
chemistry to decipher the origin of celestial bodies
Atheism - answerThe rejection of spirituality and acceptance that there is no "higher-
order" Collins was ready to challenge anyone who presented any spiritual belief to him.
Augustine - answerAlong with Aquinas and Roger Bacon saw secular learning (natural
philosophy) as useful and therefore a stepladder to theology.
Behe, Michael - answerProposed Description of "Complementary" Views natural
phenomena as natural, but God as the second "cause" or "orchestrator"
Berkeley, Bishop George - answerThe philosopher who first brought prominently
forward the reasons for regarding the immediate objects of our senses as not existing
independently of us.
, Big Bang - answerSuper hot condense matter exploded; the universe expanded and
cooled; particles form atoms; creation begins.
Carbon Dating - answerA method for determining the age of an object containing
organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
Chromosome - answerA threadlike structure of DNA in the cell nucleus that contains
multiple genes.
Cloning Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) - answerReproductive vs. Therapeutic
Cloning
Cogito Ergo Sum - answer'I think, therefore I am,' he said (Cogito, ergo sum)
Complexity Thesis - answerThe relationship between science and religion cannot be
described under one general heading; it is thus described as the Complexity Thesis
Comte, Auguste - answerArticulated the Law of Human Progress; this thinking
developed out of the Scientific Revolution
Conflict Thesis - answerThe view that science and religion offer competing accounts
and can not both be correct.
Convergent Evolution - answerWhen two unrelated species independently evolve
similar solutions to succeed in a similar environment.
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation - answerThe radiation from the big bang
which has cooled into the microwave frequency.
Cultural Relativism - answerThe view that ethical and social standards reflect the
cultural context from which they are derived.
Charles Darwin - answerEnglish natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution
by natural selection (1809-1882);
Author of the Origin of the Species
Descartes, Rene - answerWrote, Meditations on First Philosophy Tried to prove the
existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul through the use of "natural reason" to
contradict the disbeliever's belief that it was not accurate or foundational.
Determinism - answerThe doctrine that all events, including human action, are
ultimately determined by causes external to the will.
Dolly the Sheep - answerFirst scientific example of "Reproductive Cloning"
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