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1
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What are the large divisions that the earth’s crust are made up of

A

Tectonic plates

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Is our moon much larger, much smaller, or the same size than the average moon in our solar system

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Much larger

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Does the moon’s gravity produce the tides or earth or the tilt of the earth

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Tides of the earth

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4
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What does the lesser light to rule the night in Genesis 1 refer to

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The moon

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5
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What shape is the earth’s orbit

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ellipse

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6
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What most directly causes our seasons

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The earth’s spin axis

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7
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What does the earth’s atmosphere protect us from

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Comets and meteors

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Is the earth the only body in our solar system that has an atmosphere

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No

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9
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What do the outer planets gas giants keep from Earth

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comets

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10
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Is our solar system protected by being very close to the center of the Milky Way galaxy

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No

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11
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Geology literally means the study of what

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The Earth

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12
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The earth’s _______ field protects us from harmful radiation particles that are streaming through space

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Magnetic

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13
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Can the plate tectonics theory be explained within a young earth world view

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Yes

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14
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Who is considered to be the Father of Geology

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Charles Lylell

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__________ evolution is a compromise believe that proposes that God used biological evoultion to allow life to develop on earth

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Theistic

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The old-earth view of the earth’s history such as assigning ages to rocks that extend far back into time is called the ____________ viewpoint

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Deep time

17
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What biblical event would be most in conflict with an old earth geology viewpoint

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The Flood

18
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Who summarized the view known as uniformitarianism with the bief statement, the present is the key to the past

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Charles Lyell

19
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Secular geologiest currently believe that the earths aage is how many years

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4-5 Billion

20
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Young earth creationists believe the earth’s age is about how may years old

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6,000-7,000

21
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Who restored support for a young earth view of geoology by writing The Genesis Flood in 1961

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John Whitcomb and Henery Morris

22
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Do both Christian and non Christian scientists believe that the earth is regular and predictable

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Yes

23
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Was the flood of Noahs time worldwide in its extent

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Yes

24
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Do geologists sometimes use explosives to create artificial seismic waves

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Yes

25
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Scientists theorize about what is inside the earth by studying the movement of __________ waves as they pass through the earth

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Seismic

26
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Geologists learn about the resence of layers in the earth’s interior by studying what type of waves that travel though the earth

A

Seismic

27
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What is the name for earthquake waves

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seismic

28
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Which of these layers is the thinnest Asthenosphere, crust, mantle, or core

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The crust

29
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Is the earth’s crust thicker o thinner under oceans than under the continents

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thinner

30
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Where is the Moho found

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The bottom of the crust

31
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What do scientists believe the earth’s core is mostly composed of

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Iron

32
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Is mantle material denser than the inner core material

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No

33
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Which of these is abiological natural resource soil seawater sunlight or shrimp

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Shrimp

34
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Are some biological and some non biological nautral resources renewable

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Yes

35
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What is a natural resource that has been located and indenified but is not bien used called

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Potential resource

36
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What is a nautral resource that has been located and identified and being used right now

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Actual Resource

37
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How is the value of a particular natural resource determined

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by supply and demand

38
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A resource manager who is concerened with sustainable yields would be working with what

A

A renwable resource

39
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Should aChristian be concerned about a species become extinct

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Yes

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