Earth Science Chapter 5 Rev.

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

a single Ice Age

formation from planetesimals

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

Tectonic plates..

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

Young earth geologists believe... the order of fossils in fossil record... based on organisms ability to flee F-waters

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

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

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 statements about Earth's history is true?

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

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

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

a diluvial geologic time scale

This we know or certain: no human was present to view the earth's

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

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

The order of events in the Genesis Creation account is __ the order in which secular scientists believe.

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

The planets __ and __ raise major questions about the validity of the commonly accepted model for the solar system.

Sea floor speading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea

Earth's crust consisting of layers of rock

We know for certain that it took the Atlantic Ocean about 180 million years to form.

Catastrophic plate tectonics

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

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

Runaway subduction is a feature of John Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics theory.

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was ..

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

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

According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as planetesimals.

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

Catastrophic plate tectonics

The flood described in the book of Genesis

According to young earth geologists, it is like that the Arctic Ocean was warm and remained ice free during the Ice Age

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

There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

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