Chapter 4 - The Earth Speaks

Question 0

Was the flood of Noah’s time worldwide?

Answer 0

Yes

Question 1

T/f. Our solar system is protected by being near the center of the Milky Way

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What is a potential resource?

Answer 2

A resource that can be used

Question 3

What is an actual resource?

Answer 3

A resource that is being used

Question 4

With what brief statement did Lyell sum up uniformitarianism in?

Answer 4

“The present is the key to the past.”

Question 5

What is the sixpence of our moon compared to the size of other moons?

Answer 5

It is larger

Question 6

What does our gravity produce?

Answer 6

Tides

Question 7

What causes seasons?

Answer 7

The tilt of the earth

Question 8

What planet protects us from asteroids?

Answer 8

Jupiter

Question 9

The word geology literally means __________

Answer 9

Earth

Question 10

Who is the father of geology?

Answer 10

Charles Lyell

Question 11

Who wrote the Genesis flood?

Answer 11

Morris and Whitcomb

Question 12

What biblical event is most in contrast of what modern geologists believe?

Answer 12

The Flood

Question 13

How old is the earth according to old earth geologists?

Answer 13

4-5 billion years old

Question 14

How old is the earth according to young earth geologists?

Answer 14

6-7 thousand years old

Question 15

What are biological resources?

Answer 15

Resources that are alive

Question 16

What are nonbiological resources?

Answer 16

Resources that are not living

Question 17

T/f. Resources can be biological and nonbiological.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/f. All scientists believe that the world is regular and predictable

Answer 18

True

Question 19

How do geologists learn about the earth’s interior?

Answer 19

By studying seismic waves

Question 20

Which layer of the earth is the thinnest?

Answer 20

The crust

Question 21

Where is the Moho located?

Answer 21

Underneath the crust

Question 22

What is the core mostly made up of?

Answer 22

Iron

Question 23

What are resources that have an unlimited supply or are easily replenished

Answer 23

Renewable resources

Question 24

__________ is essential to life , but it is not the only thing life needs

Answer 24

Water

Question 25

The earth’s orbit is a nearly _____________ ellipse

Answer 25

Circular

Question 26

What is the crust made of?

Answer 26

Tectonic plates

Question 27

What is the lesser light to rule the night?

Answer 27

The moon

Question 28

T/f. Earth is the only planet with a significant atmosphere.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

What does the atmosphere do?

Answer 29

It protects us from meteors and comets

Question 30

What does he magnetic field do?

Answer 30

It protects us from dangerous energetic radiation particles from space

Question 31

What does the habitability zone do?

Answer 31

Within this zone, water can exist as a liquid, and carbon dioxide remains a gas.

Question 32

What religion proposes that God used naturalistic processes to create things?

Answer 32

Theistic evolution

Question 33

How can geologists make their own seismic waves?

Answer 33

By using explosives

Question 34

What do geologists believe about the inner core?

Answer 34

That it is completely solid

Question 35

What is the principle of supply and demand?

Answer 35

When a product is common, it is cheaper. When it is more rare and more people want it, it is more expensive.

Question 36

If we use resources at a rate that allows them to replenish, we are maintaining a ______________________ __________.

Answer 36

Sustainable yield