Abeka Earth Science Chapter 5

Question 1

The most famous australopithecine.

Accepted Answer

Lucy

Question 2

What idea states that geological events occurred in the past at the same rate as the present?

Accepted Answer

uniformitarianism

Question 3

"Upright Man"

Accepted Answer

Homo erectus

Question 4

What idea states that natural laws in operation today have existed throughout earth's history

Accepted Answer

principle of uniformity

Question 5

Supposed early human fossil that was found in China and lost during WWII.

Accepted Answer

Peking Man

Question 6

Index fossils is the term for fossils that evolutionists use to identify the age of rock layers

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Cuvier's idea that teaches that one or more catastrophes were responsible for earth's features?

Accepted Answer

catastrophism

Question 8

"handy man"; supposedly a missing link

Accepted Answer

Homo habilis

Question 9

The sudden appearance of animals in the fossil record is the...

Accepted Answer

cambrian explosion

Question 10

Technique used by evolutionists to assign absolute ages to rocks is called radiometric dating.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Term that describes an organism showing no change in its appearance in the fossils and now?

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stasis

Question 12

The foundation of Darwin's hypothesis of evolution was...

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natural selection

Question 13

Supposed "early human" who had rickets

Accepted Answer

Neanderthal Man

Question 14

What type of fossil preserves animal tracks and leaf outlines?

Accepted Answer

print fossil

Question 15

What type of fossil consists of plant and animal remains that were replaced by minerals?

Accepted Answer

petrified fossil

Question 16

Who popularized the idea of biological evolution in his book Origin of Species?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 17

Ape that was considered an early link to man, but is similar to an orangutan

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Ramapithicus

Question 18

What hypothetical timescale summaraizes evolutionists' view of Earth's history?

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geologic column

Question 19

What historical event is probably responsible for most of the Earth's geological features?

Accepted Answer

Genesis Flood

Question 20

What branch of geology is the study of fossils?

Accepted Answer

paleontology

Questions 20