Schott's Earth Science Final

_______ dissolves nutrients that living things need and moderates Earth’s climate

fault’s motion is parallel to its dip (up and down)

Air

substance made of only one kind of particle

The ductility and elasticity of a material allow it to change shape without breaking under stress.

The lithosphere consists of the ________

 motion along the fault is horizontal

The Dodo Bird

What are the dangerous radiation particles from the sun called?

a layer of rock

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

The boundary between the crust and mantle is known as the ____________.

Consist of liquid and solid sections

weight includes mass and gravity

a conclusion drawn from scientific data or something assumed to be true, requires sufficient data

Has the MOST energy

How long did Noah spend inside the ark?

vaporization

Lumber

show place names and political boundaries

pulls on an object, usually in a straight line (tug of war)

_______ contains oxygen and shields from meteors

Mount St. Helens’ eruption is evidence for uniformitarianism

According to secular geologists, what formed first, our earth’s atmospheric oxygen, continents, the moon, or oceans?

cutting paper

Which is not rigid (means it changes shape), but has a fixed volume?

ice melting

cartographers measure earthquakes

gravity, electric, and magnetic forces are ________ forces

weight is mass

North South East West

Wind

substance made of only one kind of atom

 displays elevation (height) and landform information (hills or mountains)

burning wood

Has the LEAST energy

Nuclear Energy

Contains the asthenosphere

sublimation

According to Genesis, the flood was

Most accurate depiction of the true shape of a country or continent

Strata generally have ______ erosion between layers, meaning they must've formed _______. 

an initial explanation for a problem, an educated guess, starting point for testing and may be used to make predictions.

What are the 3 foundational points of the Christian worldview?

_______ protects from radiation from supernovas and the effects of black holes

Iron Ore

the framework to explain observations, a hypothesis that has been tested and is a workable explanation of

having to do with space, position, or location, have a theme or unifying idea

pure water would SPECIFICALLY BE A

a secondary earthquake, caused by seismic waves radiating to other locked sections of the fault

Water

deposition

According to uniformitarianism, the ______ is the key to the ______.

the way you view the world, is based on presuppositions.

condensation

Which of the following has the least motion? (the molecules vibrate in a fixed position)

Frozen water is _____ dense than liquid water, thus it _______.

investigates explanations for scientific questions to present-day problems

_______ deflects dangerous radiation particles from the sun

a push or a pull

to study and use the earth and its resources for God’s glory and man’s benefit

Sunlight

Describes reliable, universal relationships between different kinds of things.  Many are expressed as equations.

Most scientific knowledge comes from.....

Change of shape (distortion, bending, stretching, compression) in a solid under stress is called

Why could a polystrate fossil NOT be buried slowly?

 A fossil that is vertical through multiple layers of strata (polystrate fossil) would suggest

What are the main layers of the earth starting from the surface?

pushes objects closer together

made of two or more BONDED elements (in a fixed ration)

Which of the following occurs first?

Which of the following is an example of a model? (read them all please)

Earth’s outer layer, the crust, is made of ____________ plates.

substance made of varying proportions of elements, compounds, or other mixtures

evaporation

 the block above the fault surface drops relative to the block under the fault

the ability to do work

Tectonic plates contain

The idea that tectonic movement was caused by the Flood, shattering the supercontinent into large plates.

0 degrees latitude is the prime meridian

What comes before a hypothesis? (multple answers)

The diluvial time scale tells us the lowest levels of strata represent creation.