Chapter 5

Question 1

Human records go back about __________ years

Answer 1

5,000

Question 2

Secular scientists feel the __________ formed first

Answer 2

moon

Question 3

Secular geologists believe the moon was caused by a ________

Answer 3

collision

Question 4

The ________ hypothesis has been developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence

Answer 4

nebular

Question 5

Many creationists believe there have been how many ice ages?

Answer 5

a single ice age

Question 6

secular scientists believe there have been how many ice ages?

Answer 6

many ice ages

Question 7

The three main potential explanations for the origin of the earth are:
And the only one accepted by a Christian is_______

Answer 7

1. the earth has always existed
2. it was formed by natural processes out of pre-existing materials
3. it was supernaturally created out of nothing (as described in Genesis)** this is the only one accepted by Christians

Question 8

According to the nebular hypothesis theory the atmosphere did not contain ________ after the collision

Answer 8

oxygen

Question 9

Genesis Creation account has a ____________ order of events than evolution theory of secular scientists

Answer 9

different

Question 10

anno mundi means

Answer 10

“year of the earth”

Question 11

anno Domini means

Answer 11

“year of our Lord”

Question 12

ex nihilo means

Answer 12

“from nothing”

Question 13

puzzle like pieces of the Earth’s crust that move are called __________

Answer 13

tectonic plates

Question 14

continental plates repeatedly crashed together forming _________

Answer 14

supercontinents

Question 15

The last supercontinent to form was called ________

Answer 15

Pangaea

Question 16

a global sea called _________ surrounded Pangaea

Answer 16

Panthalassa

Question 17

secular scientists believe most of the Siberian wooly mammoths died out between __________ and __________ years ago

Answer 17

8,000 and 12,000

Question 18

Secular scientists think the nebular is gas and _______ that came together with gravity to make the solar system

Answer 18

dust

Question 19

The framework hypothesis theory interprets Genesis 1 _____ as a literal history

Answer 19

not

Question 20

_________ hypothesis is a description of two parallel groups of 3 days that intend to show that God was the creator.

Answer 20

Framework

Question 21

Framework hypothesis does not provide a history of _____ He might have used to create.

Answer 21

steps

Question 22

a single layer of rock is called

Answer 22

stratum

Question 23

multiple layers of rock is called

Answer 23

strata

Question 24

Geologists determine the absolute age of rock by using

Answer 24

radiometric dating

Question 25

The science of studying the layers of rocks and their relationships is called

Answer 25

stratigraphy

Question 26

Units of time geologists use to classify rock strata go from largest to smallest in this order: Eon-Era-Period-Epoch-_______

Answer 26

Age

Question 27

__________ crystals have been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined.

Answer 27

magnetic

Question 28

Circular reasoning is using index fossils to _______ rocks and the same rocks to ________ the fossils.

Answer 28

date; date

Question 29

Three radiometric dating methods are:

Answer 29

1. uranium-lead method 2. carbon-14 method 3. potassium-argon method

Question 30

Noah and his family spent ______ days on the ark

Answer 30

377

Question 31

___________ is a creationary scientist who studied meteorology and proposed a hypothesis on how a single ice age could have occurred after the Flood.

Answer 31

Michael Oard

Question 32

The book of ________ references ice, snow, and freezing conditions

Answer 32

Job

Question 33

Scientists believe the extinction of the wooly mammoths was caused by these 4 things

Answer 33

1. exposure to the arctic cold 2. lack of food 3. rising sea levels 4. heavy dust storms

Question 34

Tasman Walker constructed the Diluvial Geological Column which puts the __________ event at the bottom level

Answer 34

Creation

Question 35

In the Diluvial Geological Column you would find the most fossils in the ________ level

Answer 35

Flood

Question 36

___________ proposed the continental displacement theory in the 1920's

Answer 36

Alfred Wegener

Question 37

The earth's most recently formed crust can be found at the _______ of a mid-ocean ridge

Answer 37

rift

Question 38

Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by movements of hot ________ ________

Answer 38

mantle rock

Question 39

most secular geologists and young earth geologists believe in the plate tectonic theory but do not agree on the _______ ________

Answer 39

time line

Question 40

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

Answer 40

tectonic plates

Question 41

Geologists determine the relative date of rock layers by applying the principle of ___________

Answer 41

superposition

Question 42

The _______ was the most significant physical event in the earth's history other than Creations

Answer 42

Flood

Question 43

The study of the earth's bedrock, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains is called _______

Answer 43

tectonics

Question 44

________ is when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate

Answer 44

subduction

Question 45

_______ is a theoretical global sea

Answer 45

Panthalassa

Question 46

__________ was thought to be the last supercontinent to form

Answer 46

Pangaea

Question 47

______ is molten rock found within the crust and mantle

Answer 47

magma

Question 48

Glacial period is also called an ____ ____ because it is a span of time when a large part of the earth's surface was covered in deep continental glaciers from snow building up and compacting.

Answer 48

ice age

Question 49

The continental displacement theory could not explain how entire continents could move through ______ ____

Answer 49

oceanic crust

Question 50

Two types of tectonic plates are:

Answer 50

1. Continental plates | 2. Oceanic plates

Question 51

A theoretical column of rock strata that geologist believe documents the history of the earth is called a ______ ______

Answer 51

geological column

Question 52

__________ dating has show 200 year old volcanic rocks have dated 12-22 million years old

Answer 52

radiometric

Question 53

The species today are _______ than those on the Ark

Answer 53

different

Question 54

The geosycline theory did a poor job explaining how ______ were formed

Answer 54

mountains

Question 55

Sea floor spreading happens at the ________ ridge

Answer 55

mid-ocean

Question 56

________ subduction is when continental plates were carried as the oceanic plates rapidly slid under

Answer 56

runaway

Question 57

Problems with roadiometric dating are:

Answer 57

1. assume rates of decay have been constant over time 2. make assumptions about the ratio of radioactive isotopes present 3. assume the sample has not been changed physically or chemically by outside sources

Question 58

The nebular hypothesis theory can not explain why ______ is too dense to have been formed; _____ rotates backwards; _______ is tipped over on its side; ______ and ______ are too large and too far away from the sun

Answer 58

Mercury; Venus; Uranus; Uranus; Neptune