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1
Q

What are the significant layes of the Geologic column?

A

Jurassic
Triassic
Cambrian
Pre-Cambrian

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What is the origin of the Grand Canyon?

A

inland sea pushed out sediment

the flood

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3
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According to creationist how many stages did it take to form the Grand Canyon where is the evidence

A

2

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4
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What are the points of entry into the Grand Canyon and which one is best for hiking to the river and why?

A

North & South Rim

South because it is 1000 ft lower

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5
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What is the width length and depth of the Grand Canyon

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Width- 5 miles
Length- 216 miles
Depth- 1 miles

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6
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Length of Mid-Oceanic Ridge

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46000 miles

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7
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Directionality of North American Plates and EuroAsian Plates

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west
east
pacific

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8
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Collision of plates & consequences

A

Ring of Fire
Earthquakes
Volcanoes

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9
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Continental drift vs sprint

A

started sprinting now its drifting

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10
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Hydroplate vs traditional geological tectonic plates

A

water under plates vs magma

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11
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Submarine Canyons- What and where are they?

A

gourdges

mouth of hudson and amazon rivers into the ocean

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12
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When could they have originated (Submarine Canyons)

A

high altitude and low water lines

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13
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Two potential reasons why they are so deep.

Volume vs Depth

A

oceans getting lower, plates are rising and water runs off

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14
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Coal & Oil Formations

Found in unlikely places why?

A

artic & antartica

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15
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Coal & Oil Formations

What could be inferred as to their presence?

A

because very little life is there trees that are 100 ft tall

the earth was warmer before the flood

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16
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Methane Hydrates:

What is the origin today of Methane?

A

2000 feet deep

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17
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Methane Hydrates:

When and how can methane be stored

A

dry ice

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18
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Methane Hydrates:

Where are these hydrates found today?

A

Oregon off the coast

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19
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Methane Hydrates:

What is the potential benefit of mining methane hydrates?

A

cheap fuel

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20
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How could the Ice Age be initiated

A

high land accumulation of show

alot of volcanic activity

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21
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What two ingredients are needed for ice to accumulate?

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warm water

high altitude

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22
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What is the bottom layer of the Grand Canyon and what is supposed to be its index fossil

A

PreCambrian

Trilabite

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23
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What is the next layer up and what is the significance of its name

A

Cambrian-Plant is what it means

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24
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What is the layer where dinosaurs were supposed to die out?

A

Jurassic

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25
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How many total layers are in the Geologic Time Column

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13

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26
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What is the evidence in the Grand Canyon points to the presence of a once shallow inland sea

A

Marine Fossils

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27
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What is the remnant of that once shallow inland sea in the American Southwest

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Salt lake

28
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What is the general cause of the Grand Canyon which is agreed on by both Evolutionists and Creationists

A

rushing water

29
Q

Which planet has an average temperature of 59F

A

Earth

30
Q

Which planet has an atmosphere consisting of 96% of CO2

A

Venus

31
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Which planet is known as earth’s twin in density

A

Venus

32
Q

Which planet experiences the most intense radiation

A

Mercury

33
Q

Which planet is known as the red planet

A

Mars

34
Q

Which planet is the smallest of the planets

A

Venus

35
Q

Which planet has a solar year of 225 years

A

Venus

36
Q

Which planet is 93 million miles away from the sun

A

Earth

37
Q

Which planet has a 24 hour day and was once thought to have life

A

Mars

38
Q

What does the word planet mean

A

Wandering Star

39
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What planet oscillates in its rotation

A

Venus

40
Q

What do the planets Mercury and Venus have first in common with each other

A

limited window of visibility

41
Q

Which planet has more than 60 moons with 4 moons that were named by Galileo

A

Jupiter

42
Q

Which planet spins opposite of the earth

A

Uranus

43
Q

Which planet emits twice as much energy as it receives from the sun

A

Neptune

44
Q

Which planet is composed mostly of hydrogen

A

Saturn

45
Q

What is the largest planet in mass

A

Jupiter

46
Q

What is the planet with no rotation of its own

A

Saturn

47
Q

What planet has wind speeds of 450mph

A

Venus

48
Q

What planet has seasons that are 41 earth years each

A

Neptune

49
Q

What gas planet emits radio frequencies in its magnetic field

A

Jupiter

50
Q

What 2 spacecraft gave us our first distance view of our planet

A

Voyager 1

Voyager 2

51
Q

What does SETI mean

A

Search for Extra Terrestrial Inteligence

52
Q

Who made important astronomical discoveries between 1921 & 1926

A

Hubble

53
Q

What generates a protective magnetic field essential to complex life

A

liquid iron

54
Q

Whom did Copernicus say was responsible for the “mechanism of the universe”?

A

Supremely Good & Orderly Creator

55
Q

What is the proposed center of our galaxy

A

black hole

56
Q

Who were the two Greek Scholars that taught the earth sat motionless while everything else revolved around it

A

Aristotle & Ptolmy

57
Q

Into what principle did the Copernican Principle “evolve” into

A

Principle of Medeocracy

58
Q

What is the new science that has emerged from the SETI program

A

Astrobiology

59
Q

What book did Donald Brownlee write

A

Rare Earth

60
Q

In what two ways are stars measured by

A

lumens & size

61
Q

What is a lumen

A

1 candlelight

62
Q

What has the brightest luminosity in our solar system

A

sun

63
Q

What is the brightest satellite in our solar system

A

moon

64
Q

What is the brightest planet in our solar system

A

Jupiter

65
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In what are the stars measured regarding their distance to eachother

A

degrees

Basic Science Survey 1 (4 decks)

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