Earth Science - 5A : Section Review Questions and Correct Answers
(True or False) Only secular scientists change their models so that the evidence they observe fits their story. -
ansfalse:
secular and Christian scientist change their models
How can two people look at the same evidence and present two very different stories of the earth's history of
change? - ansbases on their worldview
How can we tell that the rocks on Earth's surface have changed during its history? - ans- rock strata
- geologic column
How do we know that there were glaciers in some parts of the earth where there aren't any now? - ans- glacial
ridges
- u-shaped valleys that were bulldozed by the glacier
Name the tectonic plates that contain portions of all fifty states of the United States. - ansNorth American and
Pacific plates
What are the two ways that geologists can date a rock stratum? - ans- relative age dating
- radiometric dating
What do geologists believe is the driving force for seafloor spreading? - ansrising plumes of hot magma that
moves the plates causing the crust to spread apart
What do the rocks tell us about life on Earth in the past? - ansfossils contain fossils that show us what type of
life existed at different times
What evidence suggests that the continents weren't always in the same places as they are now? - ans- same
magnetic signatures are found on opposite sides of the ocean
(True or False) Only secular scientists change their models so that the evidence they observe fits their story. -
ansfalse:
secular and Christian scientist change their models
How can two people look at the same evidence and present two very different stories of the earth's history of
change? - ansbases on their worldview
How can we tell that the rocks on Earth's surface have changed during its history? - ans- rock strata
- geologic column
How do we know that there were glaciers in some parts of the earth where there aren't any now? - ans- glacial
ridges
- u-shaped valleys that were bulldozed by the glacier
Name the tectonic plates that contain portions of all fifty states of the United States. - ansNorth American and
Pacific plates
What are the two ways that geologists can date a rock stratum? - ans- relative age dating
- radiometric dating
What do geologists believe is the driving force for seafloor spreading? - ansrising plumes of hot magma that
moves the plates causing the crust to spread apart
What do the rocks tell us about life on Earth in the past? - ansfossils contain fossils that show us what type of
life existed at different times
What evidence suggests that the continents weren't always in the same places as they are now? - ans- same
magnetic signatures are found on opposite sides of the ocean
