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1
Q

The nebular hypothesis is held by______________(young or old) -earth geologists.

A

Old

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Which is NOT a problem with the old-earth story?
A. Venus rotates backwards.
B. Earth is wobbling from a collision.
C. The sun rotates too slowly.
D. Uranus is tipped on its side.

A

B. Earth is wobbling from a collision.

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3
Q

According to young-earth geologists, what is the origin of Earth?

A

It was supernaturally created out of nothing.

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4
Q

The order of events in the Genesis Creation account is _____ the order in which secular scientists
believe things have evolved.
A. different from
B. identical to
C. the exact opposite of
D. somewhat similar to

A

A. Different from

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5
Q

Geologically, the term stratum refers to
A. a long period of time.
B. a rare fossil.
C. a large plate of the earth’s crust.
D. a layer of rock.

A

D. A layer of rock

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6
Q

Geologists estimate an absolute age for a rock by using
A. the principle of superposition.
B. radiometric dating.
C. its composition.
D. tectonic dating.

A

B. Radiometric dating

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7
Q

Scientists who study layers of rocks and their relationships are working in a field called
A. tectonics.
B. paleontology
C. stratigraphy.
D. radiometry.

A

C. Stratigraphy

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8
Q

Which of these has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined?
A. climates
B. magnetic crystals
C. glaciers
D. mountains

A

B. magnetic crystals

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9
Q

Circular reasoning is a logical error committed by scientists who
A. study plate tectonics.
B. believe the geosyncline theory.
C. propose several ice ages.
D. use rocks to date fossils dated by the same rocks.

A

D. use rocks to date fossils dated by the same rocks

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10
Q

Radiometric dating methods do not include the
A. uranium-lead method.
B. tree-ring counting method.
C. carbon-14 method.
D. potassium-argon method.

A

B. tree-ring counting method

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11
Q

How long did Noah and his family spend inside the Ark?
A. a few days
B. a few months
C. about a year
D. a few years

A

C. about a year

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12
Q

Which was not a way in which the biblical Flood affected the world and people?
A. dividing line between the originally
created earth and today’s world
B. beginning of all recorded human
history outside the Bible account
C. unchanged surface of the earth
D. decreased length of human life

A

C. unchanged surface of the earth

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13
Q

A creationary scientist’s explanation for what caused the extinction of the wooly mammoths
includes all of the following EXCEPT_______________________
A. increasing cold
B. plate tectonics.
C. rising seas
D. dust storms.

A

B. Plate tectonics

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14
Q

The bottom level of a diluvial geologic column would be
A. the Creation event.
B. the Flood.
C. the Lost-World era.
D. the New-World era.

A

A. the Creation event

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15
Q

In which level of a diluvial geologic column would you expect to find the greatest number and
variety of fossils?
A. the Creation event.
B. the Flood.
C. the Lost-World era.
D. the New-World era.

A

B. the Floood

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16
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Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the
A. principle of superposition.
B. nebular hypothesis.
C. catastrophic plate tectonics theory.
D. continental displacement theory.

A

D. continental displacement theory.

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17
Q

If you were a geologist interested in studying the earth’s most recently formed crust, where would
you go?
A. the rift at a mid-ocean ridge
B. the asthenosphere
C. the middle of a geosyncline
D. atop a glacier

A

A. the rift at a mid-ocean ridge

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18
Q

Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by the movement of
A. glaciers.
B. synclines.
C. the mantle.
D. sediments.

A

C. the mantle

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19
Q

Most secular and young-earth geologists accept the plate tectonics theory, but they usually
disagree on_____________________
A. when it happened.
B. where it happened.
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B

A

A. when it happened

20
Q

What hypothesis has been developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence?

A

nebular

21
Q

The existence what planet raises major questions about the validity of the commonly accepted model for the origin of the solar system.

A

Neptune

22
Q

What is the natural biological process that produced the many species of animals and
plants today from the relatively few kinds on the Ark?

A

speciation

23
Q

Giant moving sections of the earth’s crust are called what?

A

tectonic plates

24
Q

Geologists determine the relative date of a rock layer by applying the principle of _____________________.

A

superposition

25
Q

What was the most significant physical event in the earth’s history other than Creation

A

Flood

26
Q

What is the study of the earth’s bedrock, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains, and the
forces that formed them.

A

tectonics

27
Q

What occurs when one tectonic plate slides beneath another, often forming a trench?

A

subduction

28
Q

ex nihilo

A

“from nothing”

29
Q

lava

A

molten rock that flows from the earth

30
Q

anno mundi

A

“year of the earth”

31
Q

Pangaea

A

theoretical supercontinent

32
Q

anno Domini

A

“year of the Lord”

33
Q

magma

A

molten rock under the earth’s crust

34
Q

True or False
During the proposed ice ages, large amounts of snow temporarily built up on the land and
compacted, forming deep continental glaciers.

A

True

35
Q

True or False
Tectonic plates may be classified as continental or oceanic.

A

True

36
Q

True or False
Many creationary scientists believe that there was a single ice age sometime after the Flood.

A

True

37
Q

True or False
According to most secular scientists, the earth’s early atmosphere did not contain oxygen.

A

True

38
Q

True or False
We know for certain that it took the Atlantic Ocean about 180 million years to form, based on the present-day motion of tectonic plates.

A

False

39
Q

True or False
Many scientists believe that the large moving plates of the earth’s crust are supported by geologic columns.

A

False

40
Q

True or False
Radiometric dating has given ancient ages for rocks that are known to have been formed by volcanoes just a few years before.

A

True

41
Q

True or False
Subduction is a particular type of radiometric dating.

A

False

42
Q

True or False
The five layers of the diluvial geologic column are the Evolution Event, the Lost-World (Pre-Flood)
Era, the Flood Event, the New-World (Post-Flood) Era, and Recent Sediments.

A

False

43
Q

True or False
The geosyncline theory is popular with geologists today because it clearly explains how mountains
formed.

A

False

44
Q

True or False
Sea-floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

A

True

45
Q

True or False
Runaway subduction is a feature of John Baumgardner’s catastrophic plate tectonics theory.

A

True

46
Q

Essay:
What are the three main potential explanations for the origin of the earth, and which is the only one acceptable to a Christian?

A

The earth could have always existed. Or it could have formed naturally from pre–existing
materials. Finally, it could have been created supernaturally out of nothing. This final
case is how the earth’s creation is described in Genesis. (ST p. 95)

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