BJU Science 8 Chapter 5 review

It took the Atlantic Ocean about 180 million years to form.

Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

Which theory or theories believes Earth's crust consists of layers of rock?

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

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

The planets ________ and _________ rotate in the opposite way from the other planets.

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

Old-earth geologists believe which of the following is necessary for a glacial period to begin?

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

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

Catastrophic plate tectonics

According to young-earth geologists, it's likely the Arctic Ocean was warm and remained ice-free during the Ice Age.

No human was present to view the earth's ________.

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

Which theory believes in a single Ice Age?

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

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

The order of events in the Genesis Creation account is ______ the order in which secular scientists believe things went.

Young-earth geologists believe the order of fossils is based on the ability of organisms to flee rising flood waters

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

Subduction happens when layers in the geologic column are jumbled.

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

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 was created first in the young-earth story?

Which theory believes in catastrophic plate tectonics?

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

Which theory believes in multiple supercontinents ending with Pangaea.

Secular scientists believe that Pangaea was

The flood described in the book of Genesis...

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

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

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

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

There are no observable patterns in our solar system.

Tectonic plates

Which theory supports the idea of formation from planetesimals?

According to the nebular hypothesis, all planets began as planetesimals

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

Which theory believes in a diluvial geologic scale

Which of the following observations of the solar system gives us clues about its history?