Chapter 5 Notecards Flashcards
Useful for determining the old earth, age of rock stratum
Index fossils
Studies ancient life found in fossils
Paleontologists
Day six of creation
Land animals, and Adam and Eve
Number of days on the ark
377
Two kinds of birds, which one was released first
Raven
Plant the dove brought back
Olive branch
Large mass of ice
Glacier
Column of rock strata that they believe that documents the history of earth
Geologic column
Long Ridge of low mountains, running along the bottom ocean
Mid ocean Ridge
Molten rock
Lava
Clouds of dust and gas
Nebula
Continental plates repeatedly crashed together in forms _____.
Supercontinents
Most significant event after earths creation
The flood
How many days did God create the universe?
One
Lava-
Molten rock
Science of studying the layers of rocks and their relationships
Stratigraphy
Index fossils
Useful for determining the old earth, age of a rock stratum
These strata are at the very bottom of the geologic column
The creation event
These strata of rocks were formed after creation, but before the flood about a period of 1656 years
The lost world era
This is the largest part of the geologic column
The flood event
These rocks were formed after the flood, mostly by the local catastrophic processes
The New World event
The very top of the geologist column are strata of loose sand, gravel, and soils
Recent sediments