5B Flashcards
The supercontinent ____________ was the last to form 300 million years ago.
Pangea
A _________ was a huge landmass containing many continental tectonic plates
Supercontinent
According to secular scientists, how many glacial periods have occurred?
At least five
A __________ is a mass of ice produced when snow builds up and compacts.
Glacier
A rock layer is called a __________.
Stratum
Multiple layers of rock are called _____.
Strata
What are 2 ways geologists can date rock stratum?
Absolute age and relative age
The principle of __________ states that the oldest layers of rock are at the bottom and younger layers are at the top.
Superposition
The science of studying layers of rocks is called:
stratigraphy
Fossils that are used for determining age of rock are called ________ fossils
Index
State 3 ways the flood affected the world and people
- Human lifespan dropped
- Temperatures have risen
- More species
What 2 factors of the flood may have contributed to the ice age after the flood?
- Cooling underwater lava
2. Volcanic dust and clouds blocking the sun
What 2 events happening close together may have killed and preserved the wooly mammoth?
- Heavy dust storms
2. A quick deep freeze
Secular geologists believe __________ _________ (2 words) crashed together over and over forming Supercontinents.
Continental plates
__________ means “having to do with a flood”
Diluvial
