BJU Earth Science Chapter 5 (5th ed.)

T or F? Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled

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

Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the

What story says that life is designed, not evolved?

According to the diluvial geologic time scale, the lowest stratum would represent

What story supports slow continental drift?

T or F? Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges

When one tectonic plate slides beneath another to form a trench, _______ occurs

The Day-Age theory of the origin of the universe does not include which idea?

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

What story's origin is based only on natural processes?

Geologists estimate an absolute age for a rock by using ____

What story involves large amounts of rapidly flowing water?

Which story has problems explaining the solar system?

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

What story supports gradual sea-floor spreading?

T or F? Runaway subduction is a feature of Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics theory

T or F? According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as planetesimals

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

(Young Earth) Order of fossil record is based on the ability of animals to flee rising water

T or F? The Continental Drift Theory is an evolutionary idea that is not based on evidence

T or F? An ice age is the same as a glacial period

T or F? There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

What are the two types of tectonic plates?

What story involves multiple supercontinents, ending with Pangaea?

What story involves glaciers shaping areas of the globe?

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

What story states that creation occurred from nothing about 7000 years ago?

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

T or F? Geologists assign both absolute and relative ages to a rock stratum

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

What story involves the belief that Earth's crust consists of layers of rock

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was

What story involves the formation of planets from planetesimals

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

What story involves "fountains of the great deep?"

If you were a geologist looking for Earth's most recently formed crust, where would you go?

The Flood described in the book of Genesis

What story involves history being directed with a purpose, not by accident?

A creationist's explanation for what caused the extinction of wooly mammoths says all except:

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

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

What story's origin is based on a literal reading of the Word of God?

T or F? The young-earth story adequately explains the evidence of Earth's history of change

What story involves a single ice age?

What story involves multiple ice ages?

Which of the following concepts about Earth's history is true?

T or F? Radiometric dating is a reliable way to find the absolute ages for rocks and fossils

Giant moving sections of the earth's crust are called ______

Tectonic plates

T or F? A common creationist view is that there was a single ice age sometime after the Flood

What secular hypothesis has been developed to describe how our solar system was created?

What story supports that the human race began with two people?

T or F? Mid-ocean ridges are locations for tectonic plate subduction

Which story involves a geologic time scale spanning billions of years?

Which story involves the Flood?

Geologists determine the relative date of a rock layer by applying the principle of _____

What story involves a diluvial geologic time scale?

T or F? The geologic column is an evolutionary idea that is not based on evidence.

The study of earth-shaping processes and the structures they form is called _____

(Young-Earth view) During which period would you find the greatest number/variety of fossils?

T or F? The old-earth story adequately explains the evidence of Earth's history of change

Catastrophic plate tectonics

What story involves catastrophic plate tectonics?

T or F? The species that we see today are the same species that Noah released from the Ark

No human was present to view the earth's _____

Which two planets rotate differently than the others?

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