ASB 222 MODULE 3
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the
result of:
a. volcanic eruptions
b. processes of erosion and weathering
c. flooding
d. the evil influence of the Devil . Answer: b. processes of erosion and
weathering
◉ Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the
world was:
a. a and b
b. ancient and changing
c. the result of natural evolutionary forces
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since creation . Answer: d. perfect and
mostly unchanged since creation
,◉ The flint tools found by Boucher de Perthes were thought to be
ancient because:
a. they had an exceptionally thick rind on their surfaces, the result of a
long period of burial in soil
b. the flint from which the tools were made dated to more than 100,000
years ago
c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals
d. all of the above . Answer: c. they were found in association with the
bones of extinct animals
◉ The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady"
reflects:
a. the uniformitarian perspective
b. a catastrophist perspective
c. an anti-evolutionary perspective
d. a biblical perspective . Answer: a. the uniformitarian perspective
◉ In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth
by:
a. reference to the modern rate of erosion
,b. the analysis of stratigraphy
c. analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth
d. means of radiometric measurement . Answer: a. reference to the
modern rate of erosion
◉ Edmund Halley suggested that a cause of the catastrophe known in
the Bible as "Noah's Flood" had been:
a. a cataclysmic explosion causing an effect like a nuclear winter
b. a volcanic eruption
c. an earthquake
d. a comet crashing into the earth . Answer: d. a comet crashing into the
earth
◉ Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided human
history into which three ages:
a. Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
b. Pliocene, Miocene, Pleistocene
c. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron . Answer: d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
◉ The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:
, a. simianology
b. primatology
c. pongidology
d. monkeyology . Answer: b. primatology
◉ Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a
perceived regular pattern of change through time in human:
a. intelligence
b. technology
c. social systems
d. religion . Answer: b. technology
◉ In the Reverend John Ray's natural philosophy:
a. the world changed through natural processes of evolution
b. the world has been decaying steadily since creation
c. the world was fixed at creation and has not changed substantially
since
d. the world is stable for long periods and then changes drastically as the
result of catastrophes caused directly by God . Answer: c. the world was
fixed at creation and has not changed substantially since
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the
result of:
a. volcanic eruptions
b. processes of erosion and weathering
c. flooding
d. the evil influence of the Devil . Answer: b. processes of erosion and
weathering
◉ Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the
world was:
a. a and b
b. ancient and changing
c. the result of natural evolutionary forces
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since creation . Answer: d. perfect and
mostly unchanged since creation
,◉ The flint tools found by Boucher de Perthes were thought to be
ancient because:
a. they had an exceptionally thick rind on their surfaces, the result of a
long period of burial in soil
b. the flint from which the tools were made dated to more than 100,000
years ago
c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals
d. all of the above . Answer: c. they were found in association with the
bones of extinct animals
◉ The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady"
reflects:
a. the uniformitarian perspective
b. a catastrophist perspective
c. an anti-evolutionary perspective
d. a biblical perspective . Answer: a. the uniformitarian perspective
◉ In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth
by:
a. reference to the modern rate of erosion
,b. the analysis of stratigraphy
c. analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth
d. means of radiometric measurement . Answer: a. reference to the
modern rate of erosion
◉ Edmund Halley suggested that a cause of the catastrophe known in
the Bible as "Noah's Flood" had been:
a. a cataclysmic explosion causing an effect like a nuclear winter
b. a volcanic eruption
c. an earthquake
d. a comet crashing into the earth . Answer: d. a comet crashing into the
earth
◉ Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided human
history into which three ages:
a. Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
b. Pliocene, Miocene, Pleistocene
c. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron . Answer: d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
◉ The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:
, a. simianology
b. primatology
c. pongidology
d. monkeyology . Answer: b. primatology
◉ Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a
perceived regular pattern of change through time in human:
a. intelligence
b. technology
c. social systems
d. religion . Answer: b. technology
◉ In the Reverend John Ray's natural philosophy:
a. the world changed through natural processes of evolution
b. the world has been decaying steadily since creation
c. the world was fixed at creation and has not changed substantially
since
d. the world is stable for long periods and then changes drastically as the
result of catastrophes caused directly by God . Answer: c. the world was
fixed at creation and has not changed substantially since
