Geology - MT2 - Part 1

Question 1

What did the science of geology arise from? (2)

Answer 1

1. Practical questions

2. Theoretical questions

Question 2

How did mountains form?

Answer 2

Use to be seen as blemish’s on the earth

- arose after the flood (scars form Noah’s flood)

Question 3

Where do rivers come from? (2)

Answer 3

1. Glacial melting

2. Run off/rain fall

Question 4

What are fossils?

Answer 4

Remains of distinct organisms

Question 5

What is the fossil hoax (Beringer)?

Answer 5

Planted fossils on the nearby mountain that were easy to find and then expose him later

Question 6

What does Newtons law of universal gravitation explain?

Answer 6

A hitherto mysterious terrestrial phenomenon

• the daily tides
• inspired the search for theories on the earth and this origin that were based on physcial laws –> cosmogony

Question 7

Cosmogony

Answer 7

A branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system

Question 8

What is the implication of the genesis view?

Answer 8

Is that only one geological event in history significantly shaped the earth

• its was the flood of Noah
• consistency ever since the flood

Question 9

What does the early scientific model try and do?

Answer 9

Incorporate the new knowledge of physics and astronomy into an account of the earths origin and history

Question 10

What did William Whiston come up with?

Answer 10

New theory of the earth

Question 11

What does the new theory of the earth try and explain?

Answer 11

Biblical events by means of cometary

Question 12

What is Whiston’s operating principle?

Answer 12

Accept the Bible as literally true, except if you have reason to believe otherwise

Question 13

What is genesis not?

Answer 13

An account of the origin of everything

Question 14

What are Whiston’s 6 days of creation?

Answer 14

1. The earth was a comet with a highly elliptical orbit
   - the orbit was made more circular by god, working through Newtons physical laws as the tools of god
2. The fall of man and the expulsion of Adam and Eve
3. The flood occurred due to a close encounter between earth and the water in the tail of a passing comet
4. The coming conflagration
5. Tidal forces create an upward surge of subterranean water
6. The consummation

Question 15

What did tidal forces cause?

Answer 15

Caused open cracks in the earths surface

Question 16

What did the cracks in the earth caused by the tidal forces result in?

Answer 16

An upward surge of subterranean water, which contributed to Noah’s flood
- the bible talks about fountains from the deep

Question 17

The coming conflagration

Answer 17

Soon, another comet will approach the earth, stripping our atmosphere, raise molten interior material and make the earths orbit more elliptical

Question 18

The consummation

Answer 18

Christ will reign for 100 years, the battle of Armageddon will be fought, the righteous will win and go to heaven
- the earth will take a direct hit from yet another comet and will be knocked back into a highly elliptical orbit

Question 19

Who wrote the book Telliamed?

Answer 19

Beniot de Maillet

Question 20

What did the book Telliamed describe?

Answer 20

De Maillets conversations with a mysterious philosopher from the east

Question 21

What did De Maillets do to avoid trouble with the authorities?

Answer 21

He put radical ideas in the mouth of a character in a fictional story

Question 22

What were some of the ideas De Maillets had? (3)

Answer 22

1. The earth has seen eternal cycles of creation and destruction
2. Oceans once covered the earth
3. The origin and evolution of life

Question 23

When did fossils start appearing?

Answer 23

After the flood

Question 24

What was the origin and evolution of life theory? (3)

Answer 24

1. If you learned to do something (like play the piano), the next generation benefits from ti and the offspring will learn whatever it was faster
2. Life emerged from seeds and led to adaptation
3. Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Question 25

What was Buffon the last person to try and do?

Answer 25

Integrate a theory of earths origins and with a theory of geological change