Duplicate of BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 Unit Test

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

the creation event

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

a localized catastrophe

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

the moon

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Secular geologists believe that Pangea was

Accepted Answer

made of many continential plates

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

the moon

Question 12

Tectonic plates may contain both continental crust & oceanic crust.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

light

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

371 days

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

ice ages

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

radiometric dating

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

the flood

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

plate tectonics

Question 29

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

Accepted Answer

a layer of rock

Duplicate of BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 Unit Test

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Duplicate of BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 Unit Test

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