Gen Science Module 8

Question 1

Fossils that are assumed to represent a certain period in earth’s past.

Answer 1

Index Fossils

Question 2

A theoretical picture in which layers of rock from around the world are meshed together in a single, unbroken record of earth’s past.

Answer 2

Geological Column

Question 3

A theory stating that all life on this earth has one or a few common ancestor(s) that existed a long time ago.

Answer 3

The Theory of Evolution

Question 4

Because of the different animals from different places on earth all together in one place

Answer 4

why is the Cumberland Bone Cave important when it comes to the question of uniformitarianism versus catastrophism?

Question 5

No

Answer 5

Do fossils require millions of years to form

Question 6

an unconformity that geologists think should exist but doesn’t

Answer 6

What is a paraconformity

Question 7

They are used to determine which fossils are from which time period in earth’s past

Answer 7

How are index fossils used by uniformitarian geologists

Question 8

Specific species on the left, and different kinds of creatures span more than one time period on the right.

Answer 8

How is the geological column structured?

Question 9

The geological column is not intact anywhere on earth

Answer 9

Uniformitarian problem

Question 10

Things that were assumed to be extinct were found to not be extinct

Answer 10

Uniformitarian problem

Question 11

Uniformitarians believe that rocks take millions of years to form, but the Mt. St. Helen’s eruption proved otherwise

Answer 11

Uniformitarian problem

Question 12

some fossil structures look as if they had been formed over some time

Answer 12

Catastrophist problem

Question 13

White Cliffs of Dover

Answer 13

Catastrophist problem

Question 14

explanation of how unconformities can exist between certain layers of rock formed in the Flood.

Answer 14

Catastrophist problem

Question 15

no fossils of intermediate links

Answer 15

Why does the fossil record offer no evidence for evolution

Question 16

Almost all fossils found have been of one specific species- not of intermediate links.

Answer 16

Why does the fossil record offer evidence for the idea that God created each plant and animal individually?

Question 17

Because the life forms at the bottom were simpler life forms than those at the top.

Answer 17

Why is the geological column considered evidence for evolution?

Question 18

The geological column is fueled by many assumptions and is never found in geology in its complete form

Answer 18

Why is the geological column not really evidence for evolution

Question 19

No

Answer 19

Is it possible to go somewhere in the world and see all major layers of the geological column

Question 20

Strata can form within a matter of hours.

Answer 20

What do the data from Mt. St. Helens tell us about the time it takes to form stratified rocks

Question 21

No

Answer 21

If you see a canyon with a river flowing at the bottom of it, should you assume that the river eroded the canyon?

Question 22

Forming strata or new geological structures.

Answer 22

What two things did the Mt. St. Helens eruption have that a major flood would also have?

Question 23

Sometimes we find bones or other fossils that still have soft tissue on them - hard to explain if the fossil is millions of years old

Answer 23

Uniformitarian Problem

Question 24

Uniformitarians must imagine the existence of paraconformities

Answer 24

Uniformitarian problem