Science test

Question 1

What are the large divisions that the earth’s crust are made up of

Answer 1

Tectonic plates

Question 2

Is our moon much larger, much smaller, or the same size than the average moon in our solar system

Answer 2

Much larger

Question 3

Does the moon’s gravity produce the tides or earth or the tilt of the earth

Answer 3

Tides of the earth

Question 4

What does the lesser light to rule the night in Genesis 1 refer to

Answer 4

The moon

Question 5

What shape is the earth’s orbit

Answer 5

ellipse

Question 6

What most directly causes our seasons

Answer 6

The earth’s spin axis

Question 7

What does the earth’s atmosphere protect us from

Answer 7

Comets and meteors

Question 8

Is the earth the only body in our solar system that has an atmosphere

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What do the outer planets gas giants keep from Earth

Answer 9

comets

Question 10

Is our solar system protected by being very close to the center of the Milky Way galaxy

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Geology literally means the study of what

Answer 11

The Earth

Question 12

The earth’s _______ field protects us from harmful radiation particles that are streaming through space

Answer 12

Magnetic

Question 13

Can the plate tectonics theory be explained within a young earth world view

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

Who is considered to be the Father of Geology

Answer 14

Charles Lylell

Question 15

__________ evolution is a compromise believe that proposes that God used biological evoultion to allow life to develop on earth

Answer 15

Theistic

Question 16

The old-earth view of the earth’s history such as assigning ages to rocks that extend far back into time is called the ____________ viewpoint

Answer 16

Deep time

Question 17

What biblical event would be most in conflict with an old earth geology viewpoint

Answer 17

The Flood

Question 18

Who summarized the view known as uniformitarianism with the bief statement, the present is the key to the past

Answer 18

Charles Lyell

Question 19

Secular geologiest currently believe that the earths aage is how many years

Answer 19

4-5 Billion

Question 20

Young earth creationists believe the earth’s age is about how may years old

Answer 20

6,000-7,000

Question 21

Who restored support for a young earth view of geoology by writing The Genesis Flood in 1961

Answer 21

John Whitcomb and Henery Morris

Question 22

Do both Christian and non Christian scientists believe that the earth is regular and predictable

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Was the flood of Noahs time worldwide in its extent

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

Do geologists sometimes use explosives to create artificial seismic waves

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Scientists theorize about what is inside the earth by studying the movement of __________ waves as they pass through the earth

Answer 25

Seismic

Question 26

Geologists learn about the resence of layers in the earth's interior by studying what type of waves that travel though the earth

Answer 26

Seismic

Question 27

What is the name for earthquake waves

Answer 27

seismic

Question 28

Which of these layers is the thinnest Asthenosphere, crust, mantle, or core

Answer 28

The crust

Question 29

Is the earth's crust thicker o thinner under oceans than under the continents

Answer 29

thinner

Question 30

Where is the Moho found

Answer 30

The bottom of the crust

Question 31

What do scientists believe the earth's core is mostly composed of

Answer 31

Iron

Question 32

Is mantle material denser than the inner core material

Answer 32

No

Question 33

Which of these is abiological natural resource soil seawater sunlight or shrimp

Answer 33

Shrimp

Question 34

Are some biological and some non biological nautral resources renewable

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

What is a natural resource that has been located and indenified but is not bien used called

Answer 35

Potential resource

Question 36

What is a nautral resource that has been located and identified and being used right now

Answer 36

Actual Resource

Question 37

How is the value of a particular natural resource determined

Answer 37

by supply and demand

Question 38

A resource manager who is concerened with sustainable yields would be working with what

Answer 38

A renwable resource

Question 39

Should aChristian be concerned about a species become extinct

Answer 39

Yes