BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 Review

Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by the movement of ___________.

A single Ice Age describes which story?

Multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea describes which story?

Which of the following observations of the solar system give(s) us clues about its history?

We know for sure it took Atlantic Ocean 180 million years to form, according to present-day motion of tectonic plates.

Secular geologists believe that Pangea was ____________.

Which of the following features that exist today do secular scientists believe formed first?

Catastrophic plate tectonics _______________.

The study of the earth-shaping processes and the structures they form is called _____________.

According to young-earth geologists, the order of fossils in the fossil record reflects the ability of organisms to ____

Catastrophic plate tectonics describes which story?

An ice age with lots of extra snowfall would require that oceans (main source of water vapor) be much ______ than normal

The _________ has been developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence.

Formation of planetesimals describes which story?

The flood described in the book of Genesis ____________.

Which of the following events came last in the old-earth story?

According to old-earth geologists, which of the following is necessary for a glacial period to begin?

Runaway subduction is a feature of John Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics theory.

Which of the following has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined?

A creationist's explanation for what caused the extinction of the wooly mammoths includes all of the following except __

Which of the following was created first in the young-earth story?

A diluvial geologic time scale describes which story?

According to most secular geologists, which of the following was caused by a collision?

What would an old-earth geologist use to help explain a fossil graveyard?

Young-earth geologists say, order of fossils in record is due to ability of organisms to flee rising waters during Flood

Geologists determine the relative date of a rock layer by applying the principle of ____________.

Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

Many scientists believe that the large moving plates of the earth's crust are supported by geologic columns.

How long did Noah and his family spend inside the Ark?

Most secular geologists agree that the earth formed when matter from the new sun was flung out into orbit around it.

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

According to young-earth geologists, it is likely that the Artic Ocean was warm and remained ice-free during the Ice Age

Geologically, the term stratum refers to __________________.

The order of events in Genesis Creation account is ______ the order in which secular scientists believe things evolved.

Earth's crust consisting of layers of rock describes which story?

The planets ______ and _______ raise major questions about the validity of the nebular hypothesis b/c of how they rotate

There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

According to a young-earth view, during which period would you expect to find the greatest number and variety of fossils

This we know for certain: no human was present to view the earth's ______________.

The most significant physical event in the earth's history other than Creation was _____________.

According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as planetesimals.

Tectonic plates ____________________.

Which of the following statements about Earth's history is true?

According to the diluvial geologic time scale, the lowest stratum of the geologic column would represent ___________.