Earth Science Chapter 4 Review

From the Bible we can understand that

_____ even outs seasonal surface temperatures

Secular geologists currently believe that the earth's age is

____ protects us from radiation from supernovas and from the effects of black holes

Scientists believe that the earth's core is composed mostly of ____

T or F? Exercising Biblical dominion of Earth's resources means using them any way we want

T or F? Managing a renewable resource requires knowing how fast it can be replaced

T/F? If a resource has been located but isn't being used, it's called an actual resource

____ moderates Earth's climate and dissolves nutrients that living things need

T or F? The Moho marks the bottom of the lithosphere

What property or properties can make a resource valuable?

Seismic waves from the surface slow down as they enter this region

_______ contains oxygen and shields Earth from meteors

A resource manager who is concerned with sustainable yields works with

This layer contains the asthenosphere

______ provides proper light and heat for life

_____ minimizes the possibility of collisions with asteroids

T or F? Most scientists today believe that the earth is about 7,000 years old

_____ deflects dangerous radiation particles from the sun

This region of the earth is made of solid, low-density rock

Scientists theorize about what's inside Earth by studying ___ as they pass through the earth

This layer consists of a solid and a liquid region

This region varies in thickness from 3-6 miles to 13-56 miles

Young-earth creationists believe that the earth's age is about

T or F? Metal ores are classified as nonrenewable resources

T or F? The mantle material is denser than the core material

T or F? The plate tectonics theory can be explained within a young-earth worldview.

This region is made entirely of dense, hot, plastic-like solid rock

This region makes up most of the earth's volume

T or F? Earth's interior protects life by creating a strong magnetic field surrounding Earth.

T or F? Uniformitarianism assumes Earth has always been shaped by the same slow processes

Some seismic waves cannot penetrate this region

The earth's crust is made up of larger divisions known as

Which planet's gravity is most responsible for keeping asteroids away from Earth?

The old-earth view of the earth's history is called the ______ viewpoint

T or F? The earth's orbit is best described as an ellipse

Our moon is ________ the average moon in our solar system

The moon's gravity produces

The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit in 1968

Our seasons are most directly caused by the earth's

T or F? All scientists believe that the earth is regular and predictable?

T or F? The earth is the only body in our solar system with an atmosphere

What would happen if the earth orbited the sun beyond the habitability zone?

__________ creates a gravitational strength that is just right for life

The earth's crust is

The Moho is found at _____

The idea that lower layers of rock formed before layers above them is called the principle of

Which of the following layers of the earth is thinnest?

Of all the planets/moons in the solar system that have dense atmospheres, only earth's is