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Earth Science Chapter 5: The Changing Earth
Earth Science Chapter 5: The Changing Earth
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Earth Science - BJU Press
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1
Most secular & young-earth geologists accept the plate tectonics theory, but disagree on what?
where it happened
when it happened
both when and where it happened
2
Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist & geophysicist who proposed the...
catastrophic plate tectonics theory
continental displacement theory
principle of superposition
nebular hypothesis
3
Term for a global sea
Pangaea
Tethys
Panthalassa
4
Which of these has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined?
climates
glaciers
mountains
magnetic crystals
5
Which feature do secular scientists believe formed first?
continents
oceans
moon
atmospheric oxygen
6
Term meaning "year of the earth"
anno Domini
ex nihilo
Pangaea
anno mundi
7
Geologists estimate absolute age for a rock by using
its composition
radiometric dating
tectonic dating
principle of superposition
8
Which is NOT a radiometric dating method?
carbon-14 method
potassium-argon method
uranium-lead method
tree-ring counting method
9
How long were Noah & family inside the Ark?
321 days
377 days
150 days
40 days & 40 nights
10
Scientists who study layers of rocks work in the field of what?
tectonics
paleontology
stratigraphy
radiometry
11
Most secular scientists believe the early Earth's atmosphere didn't contain oxygen.
True
False
12
A creation scientist believes in a single ice age.
True
False
13
Phrase meaning "from nothing"
ex nihilo
annon Domini
anno mundi
14
Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by the movement of what?
sediments
the mantle
synclines
glaciers
15
The species we see today are the same species that Noah released from the Ark.
False
True
16
According to secular geologists, which was caused by a collision?
neither one
the earth
the moon
both the earth and the moon
17
If you were interested in studying the earth's most recently formed crust, where would you go?
on top of a glacier
rift at a mid-ocean ridge
asthenosphere
middle of a geosyncline
18
The bottom level of the diluvial geologic column is...
the Flood
the Lost-World era
the New-World Era
Creation
19
The geosyncline theory clearly explains how mountains formed.
True
False
20
term for molten rock
magma
Pangaea
Tethys
21
Which book of the Bible contains the most references to snow, cold, and ice?
Exodus
Job
Genesis
Psalms
22
Who was a creationary scientist that developed a hypothesis on a single ice age after the Flood?
Michael Oard
John Baumgardner
Tasman Walker
Alfred Wegener
23
What level of the diluvial geologic column would you find the greatest number & variety of fossils?
New-World Era
the Flood
Lost-World Era
Creation
24
Runaway subduction is part of John Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics theory.
False
True
25
Circular reasoning is a logical error committed by scientists who...
believe the geosyncline theory
use index fossils to date rocks
study plate tectonics
propose several ice ages
26
Which of the following terms doesn't match the other three?
age
eon
epoch
span
27
Jupiter causes a problem for the commonly accepted theory of the origin of the solar system.
True
False
28
What secular hypothesis describes how the solar system came to exist?
creation
framework
nebular
29
The earliest human records date back about how many years?
3000
5000
7000
12,000
