BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 Unit Test

A common creationists view is that there was a single ice age sometime after the flood.

Tectonic plates may contain both continental crust & oceanic crust.

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

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

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

The old-earth story adequately explains the evidence of earth's history of change.

According to young-earth geologists , the order of fossils in the fossil record coinsides with rising water.

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

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

According to old-earth geologists a rapid cooling of both continents and oceans has to occur for an ice age.

Secular geologists believe that Pangea was

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

The species that we see today are the same species that Noah released from the Ark.

The young-earth story adequately explains the evidence of Earth's history of change.

Old earth geologists would use a ______________ to explain a fossil graveyard.

Geologists estimate an absolute age for a rock by using ______________.

Radiometric dating is a reliable way to find the absolute ages for rocks and fossils.

According to the diluvial geological time sclae, the lowest stratum of the geologic column would represent ____________.

The flood described in the book of Genesis marked the end of all pre flood civilizations.

The order of events in the Genesis creation is differnt from the order in which secular scientist believe .

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

According to most secular scientists the earth's atmosphere did nto contain oxygen.

A creationists explanation for what caused the extinction of the wooly mammoths includes all of the following except...

The geologic column is an evolutionary idea that is not based on evidence.

An ice age is the same thing as a glacial period.

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

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

Geologists assign both absolute and relative ages to a rock stratum.

Most secular and young earth scientists accept the plate tectonics theory but disagree in when it happened.

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