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T or F the geosyncline theory is popular with geologists today because it clearly explains how mountains formed

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F

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T or F he woolly mammoth that died in the far north probably were rapidly buried in vast dust storms late in the ice age

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T

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T or F The species that we see today are the same species that Noah released from the ark

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F

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T or F The flood waters had to cover the highest hill by more than 15 cubits so that the ark wouldn’t hit the bottom during the early stages

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T

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T or F Methuselah died the same year the flood began

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T

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T or F Radio metric dating has given ancient ages of rocks that are known to have been formed by volcanoes just a fey years before

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T

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T or F The largest standard unit of time in the secular geologic column is the eon

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T

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T orF Secular geologists believe that the Siberian woolly mammoth probably died out during the first major ice age, 2.1 billion years ago

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F

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T orF the genealogies of geniuses and exodus cover more than half of the earths history

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T

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T or F according to most secular scientists, the earths early atmosphere did not contain oxygen

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T

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T or F Many creationary scientists believe that there was a signal ice age sometime after the flood

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T

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T or F the mid ocean ridges are locations for plate subduction

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F

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T or F Gis stands for global interaction

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F

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T orF aA topographic map mainly shows variations of land elevation

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T

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T or F a state map that you might use to find your way around while on vacation is a standard map that contains both political and geographical information

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T

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T orF most maps in use are just a small section of a much larger map projection

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T

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T or F the first use of GPS was by the U.S. Military in combat

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T

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T orF our GPS is based on constellation of four satellites, strategically placed around the earth

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T

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T or F a map legend describes the historical and mythical origins of the map

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F

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T or F minutes and seconds were first Defined as subdivision of degrees, and later were borrowed to use as u nets of time

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T

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The international date line directly follows the 180deg meridian

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F

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T or F parallels measures latitude north south of the equator

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T

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T orF The cardinal direction point exactly half way between north, east south, and west

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F

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T orF in comparison to a map of the United States, a map showing just the streets in your neighborhood would be a small scale map

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F

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T or F no map can show every detail in the earths surface

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T

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T or F t a Christian who holds to the progressive creation view of the earths history, the bible is mor authoritative than secular science

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F

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T or F An oblique of a city is more realistic but is less useful for mapping purposes compared to looking straight down

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T

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T or F makes used by sailors to navigate at sea are properly called charts

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T

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T or F all compounds are made of molecules, but not all molecules represent a compound

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F

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T or F the term atone comes from the Greek word for invisible

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F

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T or F potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy

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T

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T orF kinetic and potential energy are forms of mechanical energy

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T

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T or F physicist have observed dark matter many times. They they just don’t know how to measure it yet

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F

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T or F friction is a kind of force

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T

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T or F Your mass would be less on the moon than it is on the earth

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F

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T or F one of the metric United of volume is the cubic liter

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F

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T or F the sun and the stars are made of molecular gases

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F

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T or F most substances freeze around 0c

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F

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T or F according to the bible, a day in genesis 1 could have been 24 hours, a thousand years, or more

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F

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T or F The Big Bang theory cannot give a good explanation for the existence of galaxies

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T

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T orF if a natural resource has been located and identified bit is not currently being used, it is called an actual resource

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F

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T or F managing a renewable resource requires knowing how fast it can be replaced

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T

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T or F a Christine should not be conserved about a species becoming extinct since only man is made in gods image

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F

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T or F The plate tectonics theory can be expect since only man is made in gods image

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T

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T or F all scientists believe that the earth is regular and predictable

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T

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46
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T orF the flood of Noah’s time was world wide in its extent

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T

47
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T or F Gravity and magnetic sensors can help define the shape of structures deep in the earths interior to its core

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F

48
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T or F The mantle material is denser than the core material

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F

49
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T or F earths interior helps protect life on its surface by being the source of a strong magnetic field surrounding the earth

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T

50
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T or F the earth is the only body in our solar system that has an atmosphere

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F

51
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T orF the earth’s orbit is best described an an ellipse

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T

52
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T or F the earths moon is not unusual compared to most other moons since it is airless and pockmarks by craters

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F

53
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Molten rock

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Magma

54
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Year of the lord

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Anno domini

55
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Year of the earth theory

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Anno mundi

56
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Theoretical supercontinent

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Pangea

57
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Theoretical global sea

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Panthalassa

58
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From nothing

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Ex nihilo

59
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Droplets of water from on the outside of a chilled drink

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Condensation

60
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Ice cube shrink while in the freezer

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Freezing

61
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Frost forms overnight on your cars windshield

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Deposition

62
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The surface of a pond becomes solid enough to hold skaters in the winter

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Freezing

63
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Gasoline disappears from an open can left in the sun

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Vaporization

64
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Catastrophic plate tectonics resulted in rapid movement of plates in a _________ time

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Short

65
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Most secular and young earth geologists accept the plate tectonics theory but they usually disagree on

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When it happened

66
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Sea floor spreading is thought to be driven by movements of

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The mantle

67
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If you were a geologist interested in studying the earth’s most recently formed crust where would you go

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The rift at mid ocean ridge

68
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Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who proposed the

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Continental displacement theory

69
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Geosyncline are

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Small folds of strata in rock

70
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In which level of a diluvial geologic column would you expect to find in the greatest number and variety of fossils

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The flood

71
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The bottom level of a diluvial geologic column would be

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The creation event

72
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A creationary scientists explanation for what caused the extinction of the wooly mammoth

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Plate tectonics

73
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Which book of the bible contains the most references to cold wether, snow, and ice

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Job

74
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Which one of the following is a creationary scientist who studies meteorology and proposed a hypothesis on how a single ice age could have after the flood

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Michael oard

75
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About how many kinds of animals were likely on the ark during the biblical flood

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5000

76
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How long did Noah and his family’s been inside the ark

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377 days

77
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The flood described in the book of Genesis marked the beginning of all _______

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Civilizations

78
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Circular reasoning is a logical error committed by scientists who use ________ fossils to date rocks

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Index

79
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Radio metric dating methods do not include the

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Tree ring counting method

80
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which of the following is necessary for a glacial. To begin

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A rapid cooling of continents surrounded by very warm oceans

81
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which one of the following four terms does not belong with the other three : span, eon, epoch, age

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Span

82
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Which of these has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined

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Magnetic crystals

83
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Scientists who study layers of rocks and their relationships are working in a field called

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Stratigraphy

84
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Geologists estimate and absolute age for a rock by using

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Radiometric dating

85
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Geologically, the term stratum refers to

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A layer of rock

86
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Secular geologists believe Pangaea was

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Made of many continental plates

87
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The order of events and the Genesis creation account is_______ the order in which secular scientists believe things have evolved.

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Different from

88
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Which of the following views does the framework hypothesis of creation support?

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God created all things but we do not know how

89
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According to most secular geologist, which of these was caused by a collision

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The moon

90
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Which of the following features that exist today do secular scientists believe formed first

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The moon

91
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The earliest human records dates back to about

______ years ago

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5000

92
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The nuclear change that produces the largest difference in an Adams structure is

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Fission

93
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Water is a compound, pure substance, and a _______

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Molecule

94
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Which particle can always be found in the nucleus of an any Adam

Proton, electron, or neutron

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Proton

95
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The first law of thermodynamics states that

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Total energy in the universe is constant

96
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What is operational we defined as the ability to do work

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Energy

97
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Which forces is probably the most important to geologists?

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Gravity

98
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What is a field force : magnetism or shear?

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Magnetism

99
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Which force is responsible for the grinding and wearing away of rock and a glacier moves over it

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Friction

100
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True or false: By definition, a force is push or a pull

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True

101
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True or false: an object’s weight results from

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Its mass and gravity

102
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Leaders, cubic inches, courts, and milliliters are all measures of volume or length?

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Volume

103
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Dew drops result from water freezing or condensing?

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Condensing

104
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Boiling is form of vaporization or freezing?

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Vaporization

105
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In which state of matter do the particles process the most energy: plasma or solid?

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Plasma

106
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A substance’s state of matter is most directly affected by its temperature or atomic number?

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Temperature

107
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If a substance has a fixed unchanging volume but not a definite shape, it is in the ______ state-liquid or solid

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Liquid

108
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Sweetened tea would be an example of a plasma or mixture?

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Mixture

109
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What did secular sciences have to invent in order to explain the shapes and arrangements of galaxies in space?
Dark matter or gravity

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Dark matter

110
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True or false: The experiments performed by the Large Hadron Collider are an attempt to show how the universe started

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True

111
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True or false: the sun releases light energy

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True

111
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True or false: The flow of thermal energy from a hot place to a cooler place is called heat

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True

111
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True or false: to have kinetic energy, a force must be moving

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True

112
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Matter is defined as anything that occupies space and has _________ (density or mass)

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Mass

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