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Question 1

Define the following terms:

A. Index fossils

Answer 1

Fossils that are assumed to represent a certain period in earth’s past

Question 2

B. Geological column

Answer 2

A theoretical picture in which layers of rock from around the world are meshed together into a single unbroken record of earth’s past

Question 3

C. The THEORY of evolution

Answer 3

A theory stating that all life on this earth has one (or a few) common ancestor(s) that existed a long time ago

Question 4

How are Index fossils used by Uniformitarian geologists

Answer 4

To “know” what time. The rock came from

Question 5

Explain, in your own words,how the geological column is constructed

Answer 5

By layers of sediment being laid down

Question 6

Is it possible to go somewhere in the world and see all major layers of the geological column and it’s fossils in one geological formation

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

According to the Uniformitarian view, which creatures lived on the earth first: trilobites or fish?

Answer 7

Trilobites

Question 8

If a paleontologist finds only fossil algae in a layer of rock, roughly how old does the paleontologist think the rocks are

Answer 8

550 million years old or older

Question 9

A geological formation with only two layers of rock is studied. One has fossils of mammals only, and the other has fossils of fish only. According to the uniformitarian assumptions, which layer should be on the bottom and which should be on the top

Answer 9

Top = mammals
Bottom = fish

Question 10

Why is the geological column considered evidence for evolution?

Answer 10

They seem to indicate that simple animals came first

Question 11

Why is the geological column not really evident for evolution

Answer 11

Some layers are a mix that “should not be”

Question 12

What do the data from Mount Saint Helens tell us about the time it takes to form stratified rocks?

Answer 12

Not long at all

Question 13

If you see a canyon with a river flowing at the bottom of it,should you assumed that the river eroded the canyon?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

On a geological scale, was the Mount St. Helens eruption a major catastrophe? What does that tell you about the kinds of geological formations it could be formed in a major catastrophe

Answer 14

No

a lot bigger

Question 15

What did the Mount St. Helens eruption have that a major flood would also have?

Answer 15

Mud

Question 16

What is so important about the Cumberland Bone Cave when it comes to the question of uniformitarianism vs. catastrophism

Answer 16

It has creatures from around the world in one spot

Question 17

Do you fossils require millions of years to form

Answer 17

No!

Question 18

What is paraconformity

Answer 18

Invisible break in time between rock layers

Question 19

At least four problems with the uniformitarianism as discussed in the text

Answer 19

1. soft tissue in petrified bones
2. Living fossils supposed to have gone extinct 65 million years ago
3. Paraconformities
   4.

Question 20

What are three problems with catastrophism that were discussed

Answer 20

One. Unconformity

two. In situ growth
three. Chalk cliffs

Question 21

Why does the fossil record offer no evidence for evolution

Answer 21

It only has fully formed creatures

Question 22

Why does the fossil record offer evidence for the idea that God created each plant and animal individually?

Answer 22

It only shows fully formed creatures