BJU Science 8 Chapter 5 review

Which theory or theories believes Earth's crust consists of layers of rock?

Which theory believes in a single Ice Age?

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

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

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

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

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

Which theory supports the idea of formation from planetesimals?

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

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

The flood described in the book of Genesis...

According to young-earth geologists, it's likely the Arctic Ocean was warm and remained ice-free during the Ice Age.

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

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

Which theory believes in a diluvial geologic scale

It took the Atlantic Ocean about 180 million years to form.

Young-earth geologists believe the order of fossils is based on the ability of organisms to flee rising flood waters

According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as planetesimals

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

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

No human was present to view the earth's ________.

Old-earth geologists believe which of the following is necessary for a glacial period to begin?

Catastrophic plate tectonics

Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

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

Which theory believes in multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea.

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

There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

The planets ________ and _________ rotate in the opposite way from the other planets.

Which theory believes in catastrophic plate tectonics?

Tectonic plates

Which of the following observations of the solar system gives us clues about its history?

Secular scientists believe that Pangaea was

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.