Earth Science Ch. 4 Review 8th Grade

According to a secular view of earth, its solar system, and the universe, our planet and its stars are quite ordinary.

What would happen if the earth orbited the sun beyond the habitability zone?

Exercising biblical dominion of Earth’s resources means using them any way we want to.

The earth's crust is

How do geologists collect data to model the earth's interior?

Secular geologists currently believe that the earth's age is __________.

The plate tectonics theory began as a secular geologic idea.

What unusual property of water helps animals survive cold winters in a pond?

Uniformitarianism is an assumption that current earth-shaping processes shaped the earth in the past at the same rate.

Who introduced uniformitarianism to geology?

Gravity and magnetic sensors can help define the shape of structures deep in the earth's interior to its core.

If a natural resource has been located and identified but is not currently being used, it is called an actual resource.

Young-earth creationists believe that the earth's age is about __________.

All scientists believe that the earth is regular and predictable.

Earth's interior helps protect life on its surface by being the source of a strong magnetic field surrounding the earth.

Among other things, the earth's atmosphere protects us from __________.

The mantle material is denser than the core material.

The earth's crust is made up of large divisions known as __________.

Most modern geologists are uniformitarians.

Geologists sometimes use explosives to create artificial seismic waves to study Earth’s interior.

The principle of uniformity can be reliably extended into the unobserved past.

From the Bible we can understand that

Which of the following layers of the earth is the thinnest?

The earth is the only body in our solar system that has an atmosphere.

Besides providing safety for life, why is the earth's location in the Milky Way galaxy ideal for God's image bearers?

Earth's moon is not unusual compared with most other moons since it is airless and pockmarked by craters.

If the earth's axis were perpendicular to its orbital plane,

Scientists believe that the earth's core is composed mostly of __________.

Our moon is __________ the average moon in our solar system.

The moon's gravity produces

Geology involves both observing the earth and trying to make sense of its history.

What is the clearest evidence that life in the world today is out of balance because of the Fall?

Our seasons are most directly caused by the earth’s __________.

Who restored support for a young-earth view of geology by writing The Genesis Flood in 1961?

What property or properties can make a resource precious or valuable?

A resource manager who is concerned with sustainable yields works with __________.

The word geology literally means the study of the __________.

The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit in 1968

The Flood of Noah's time was worldwide in its extent.

The plate tectonics theory can be explained within a young-earth worldview.

Which planet's gravity is most responsible for keeping asteroids away from Earth?

The Moho is found at the

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is a biological natural resource?

Which of the following questions would fall within the limits of historical geology?

Most scientists today believe that the earth is about 7000 years old.

Christian geologists shouldn’t make use of the principle of uniformity.

Our solar system is protected by being located very close to the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The earth's orbit is best described as an ellipse.

Which of the following is the least dangerous location in a large galaxy like ours?