1st Sem. Exam rev.(Ch. 5) Earth Sci.

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

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

large amounts of rapidly flowing water

The flood described in the book of Genesis

multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea

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

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 events came last in the old-earth story?

a diluvial geologic time scale

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the

Tectonic plates

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

A common creationist view is that there was a single ice age sometime after the Flood.

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

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

Earth’s crust consisting of layers of rock

The mid-ocean ridges are locations for tectonic plate subduction.

a history directed with a purpose

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

origin based only on natural processes

Y.-E. geologists believe, the order of in the fossil record is based on the ability of organisms to flee during a flood

According to most secular scientists, the earth's early atmosphere did not contain oxygen.

“fountains of the great deep”

According to young-earth geologists, it's likely that the Arctic Oc. was warm and remained ice-free during the Ice Age.

life designed, not evolved

slow continental drift

the Flood

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

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