Chapter 5 Test Review

The flood described in the book of Genesis

Geologically the term stratum refers to

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

Catastrophic plate tectonics

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

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

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

The order in the Genesis Creation account is ______ the order in which secular scientists believe things have evolved.

Which of the following observations of the solar system give(s) us clues about its history?

Tectonic plates

According to most secular geologist, which of the following was cause by a collision?

If you were a geologist interested in studying the earth's most recently formed crust, where would you go?

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

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

The Day-Age theory of the origin of the universe does NOT include which of the following ideas?

Most secular and young-earth geologists accept the plate tectonic theory, but they usually disagree on ______.

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

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was

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

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

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

Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the

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

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