Geology Unit 1: Intro to Physical Geology EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Geology Unit 1: Intro to Physical
Geology EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS


The study of earth is known as - ANSWER-
Geology

(Physical History vs Historical History)
Physical Geology - ANSWER-Examine current
process of the earth

(Physical History vs Historical History)
Historical Geology - ANSWER-Examine the history
of the process of the earth and how it has
changed over time

(Principle)
Catastrophism - ANSWER-An IDEA about how
earth originated by using old technology

(Principle)
Uniformitarianism - ANSWER-Modern
interpretation of how earth achieved it's form
based on the observation of geologic process.

, (Principle)
Who use old scriptures to determine the age of
earth? - ANSWER-James Ussher (Catastrophism)

(Principle)
Who use rock records to determine the age of
earth? - ANSWER-James Hutton
(Uniformitarianism)

(Hypothesis vs Theory)
Hypothesis is often described as - ANSWER-
Educated guess

(Hypothesis vs Theory)
A person who proposes a hypothesis should have
- ANSWER-Background knowledge

(Hypothesis vs Theory)
Can all theories be elevated to scientific laws? -
ANSWER-No

(Hypothesis vs Theory)
In order for something to be a theory, it must be -
ANSWER-Widely accepted or held as true by the