Chapter 5 Test Review

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

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was

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

Geologically the term stratum refers to

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

Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the

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

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

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

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

Catastrophic plate tectonics

The flood described in the book of Genesis

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

Tectonic plates

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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