Chapter 5 Flashcards
Human records go back about __________ years
5,000
Secular scientists feel the __________ formed first
moon
Secular geologists believe the moon was caused by a ________
collision
The ________ hypothesis has been developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence
nebular
Many creationists believe there have been how many ice ages?
a single ice age
secular scientists believe there have been how many ice ages?
many ice ages
The three main potential explanations for the origin of the earth are:
And the only one accepted by a Christian is_______
- the earth has always existed
- it was formed by natural processes out of pre-existing materials
- it was supernaturally created out of nothing (as described in Genesis)** this is the only one accepted by Christians
According to the nebular hypothesis theory the atmosphere did not contain ________ after the collision
oxygen
Genesis Creation account has a ____________ order of events than evolution theory of secular scientists
different
anno mundi means
“year of the earth”
anno Domini means
“year of our Lord”
ex nihilo means
“from nothing”
puzzle like pieces of the Earth’s crust that move are called __________
tectonic plates
continental plates repeatedly crashed together forming _________
supercontinents
The last supercontinent to form was called ________
Pangaea
a global sea called _________ surrounded Pangaea
Panthalassa
secular scientists believe most of the Siberian wooly mammoths died out between __________ and __________ years ago
8,000 and 12,000
Secular scientists think the nebular is gas and _______ that came together with gravity to make the solar system
dust
The framework hypothesis theory interprets Genesis 1 _____ as a literal history
not
_________ hypothesis is a description of two parallel groups of 3 days that intend to show that God was the creator.
Framework
Framework hypothesis does not provide a history of _____ He might have used to create.
steps
a single layer of rock is called
stratum
multiple layers of rock is called
strata
Geologists determine the absolute age of rock by using
radiometric dating
The science of studying the layers of rocks and their relationships is called
stratigraphy
Units of time geologists use to classify rock strata go from largest to smallest in this order: Eon-Era-Period-Epoch-_______
Age
__________ crystals have been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined.
magnetic
Circular reasoning is using index fossils to _______ rocks and the same rocks to ________ the fossils.
date; date
Three radiometric dating methods are:
- uranium-lead method
- carbon-14 method
- potassium-argon method
Noah and his family spent ______ days on the ark
377
___________ is a creationary scientist who studied meteorology and proposed a hypothesis on how a single ice age could have occurred after the Flood.
Michael Oard
The book of ________ references ice, snow, and freezing conditions
Job
Scientists believe the extinction of the wooly mammoths was caused by these 4 things
- exposure to the arctic cold
- lack of food
- rising sea levels
- heavy dust storms
Tasman Walker constructed the Diluvial Geological Column which puts the __________ event at the bottom level
Creation
In the Diluvial Geological Column you would find the most fossils in the ________ level
Flood
___________ proposed the continental displacement theory in the 1920’s
Alfred Wegener
The earth’s most recently formed crust can be found at the _______ of a mid-ocean ridge
rift
Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by movements of hot ________ ________
mantle rock
most secular geologists and young earth geologists believe in the plate tectonic theory but do not agree on the _______ ________
time line
Giant moving sections of the earth’s crust are called ______ ______
tectonic plates
Geologists determine the relative date of rock layers by applying the principle of ___________
superposition
The _______ was the most significant physical event in the earth’s history other than Creations
Flood
The study of the earth’s bedrock, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains is called _______
tectonics
________ is when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate
subduction
_______ is a theoretical global sea
Panthalassa
__________ was thought to be the last supercontinent to form
Pangaea
______ is molten rock found within the crust and mantle
magma
Glacial period is also called an ____ ____ because it is a span of time when a large part of the earth’s surface was covered in deep continental glaciers from snow building up and compacting.
ice age
The continental displacement theory could not explain how entire continents could move through ______ ____
oceanic crust
Two types of tectonic plates are:
- Continental plates
2. Oceanic plates
A theoretical column of rock strata that geologist believe documents the history of the earth is called a ______ ______
geological column
__________ dating has show 200 year old volcanic rocks have dated 12-22 million years old
radiometric
The species today are _______ than those on the Ark
different
The geosycline theory did a poor job explaining how ______ were formed
mountains
Sea floor spreading happens at the ________ ridge
mid-ocean
________ subduction is when continental plates were carried as the oceanic plates rapidly slid under
runaway
Problems with roadiometric dating are:
- assume rates of decay have been constant over time
- make assumptions about the ratio of radioactive isotopes present
- assume the sample has not been changed physically or chemically by outside sources
The nebular hypothesis theory can not explain why ______ is too dense to have been formed; _____ rotates backwards; _______ is tipped over on its side; ______ and ______ are too large and too far away from the sun
Mercury; Venus; Uranus; Uranus; Neptune
