Chapter 5: The Changing Earth

catastrophic plate tectonics

Earth's crust consisting of layers of rock

Old-earth, young-earth, or both: formation from planetesimals

We know for certain that the Atlantic Ocean was formed in about 180 million years.

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

a diluvial geologic time scale

What is the diluvial time scale?

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

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

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

The flood described in the book of Genesis..

According to young-earth geologists the order of fossils is based on the ability of animals to flee rising Flood waters.

Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

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

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

Catastrophic plate tectonics...

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

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

What are secular plate tectonics?

multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea

What are three potential explanations for the origin of the earth?

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

Geologically, the term stratum refers to...

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

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

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was...

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

What are catastrophic plate tectonics?

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

What is the secular geologic time scale?

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

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

There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

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 features that exist today do secular scientists believe formed first?

Tectonic plates...

a single Ice Age

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

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