Chapter 4 Flashcards
The moon’s gravitational tug on earth causes…
Tides in our oceans
Lunar is Latin for______.
Moon
The moon is _____ smaller than the sun.
400x
God calls the moon the…
“Lesser light to rule the night”
What is the study of the earth?
Geology
What is the belief that earth forming processes are natural?
Uniformitarianism
Who published his book, Principles of Geology?
Charles Lyell
What is the same as the old earth view?
Deep-time view
What is the theory about a big land mass that broke up into pieces over time?
Plate tectonics theory
What two men wrote the book,The Genesis Flood?
John Whitcomb and Henry Morris
What conflicts with an old-age geology viewpoint?
The flood
Secular geologists believe the earth is _____________ years old.
4-5 billion
Creationists believe the earth is _______________ years old.
6-7 thousand
Some biological and nonbiological natural resources are _________.
Renewable
What is a change that occurs suddenly?
Discontinuity
Crust and upper mantle make the ___________.
Lithosphere
Mantle goes to about _____ miles.
420
Lower mantle makes the _____________.
Asthenosphere
Inner core may be ______.
Solid
The inner core is ______ miles across.
1500
Earth’s moon is _____ larger than other moons in our solar system.
100x
The Apollo 8 mission was to view the moon, but instead they_________
marveled at the Earth
For centuries scientists discarded the _________
Christian view of the Earth
The Apollo 8 astronauts found that the ________ provided a narrative or information that fit what they saw.
Bible
God designed the __________ and __________ to be great and unique
Earth, Universe
The force of Earth’s ______is perfect for life
gravity
Few planets have a __________ surface, like Earth
solid
Earth’s ___________ causes seasons
tilt
Liquid water supports ________
life
Atmosphere protects us from _________
meteors
Jupiter’s __________ protects us
gravity
The properties of the __________ make Earth designed for life
sun
What controls the wave lengths of the sun
surface temperature
Who studies earthquake waves
seismologist
____________ zone allows water to exists as a liquid and carbon dioxide to remain as a gas
habitability
Who said “the present is the key to the past”?
Charles Lyell
How do geologists learn about the layers of the Earth?
using seismic waves
When a natural resource is _______ it is worth more money.
rare
The center of the ___________ would be a very dangerous place for Earth
Milky Way galaxy
All scientists believe that the world is _________ and _________
regular, predictable
What is my name?
Mathew Vachon!
