ABEKA EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Compare and Contrast how everything came into existence according to evolution, special creation, and
theistic evolution. - (answer)Evolution- Universe began through the big bang and developed to its
current state (including life) through slow, gradual natural processes.
Special Creation-Universe and all life were miraculously formed by God out of nothing.
Theistic Evolution-God initially created the universe and life but used evolutionary processes to
complete His work.
Why do fossils form under only special conditions? 3 part answer. - (answer)1. Ordinarily when plants
and animals die, they are eaten by other animals or decompose and become nutrients for the soil.
2. In order for a plant or animal to become a fossil it must be protected from scavengers or
decomposition.
3. Most of the time, this often occurs when the plant or animal is quickly buried by waterborne
sediments.
Explain why radiometric dating can not be trusted to accurately date a fossil. - (answer)Radiometric
dating requires scientists to make a lot of assumptions that can have a large effect on the age
determined.
Describe how the "simple-to-complex" sequence of fossils can be explained by the flood. (There are 2
parts to this answer) - (answer)1. The "simple" organisms in the fossil record were generally bottom-
dwelling ocean creatures that would be buried by sediments first.
2. The more "complex" organisms were larger, land-dwelling, mobile animals that would have been able
to avoid floodwaters longer than "simple" organisms and they would eventually be buried later.
Why is the Cambrian explosion a problem for evolution? - (answer)The sequence of intermediates that
evolution says should exist between simple Precambrian organisms and complex Cambrian organisms
does not exist.
Compare and Contrast how everything came into existence according to evolution, special creation, and
theistic evolution. - (answer)Evolution- Universe began through the big bang and developed to its
current state (including life) through slow, gradual natural processes.
Special Creation-Universe and all life were miraculously formed by God out of nothing.
Theistic Evolution-God initially created the universe and life but used evolutionary processes to
complete His work.
Why do fossils form under only special conditions? 3 part answer. - (answer)1. Ordinarily when plants
and animals die, they are eaten by other animals or decompose and become nutrients for the soil.
2. In order for a plant or animal to become a fossil it must be protected from scavengers or
decomposition.
3. Most of the time, this often occurs when the plant or animal is quickly buried by waterborne
sediments.
Explain why radiometric dating can not be trusted to accurately date a fossil. - (answer)Radiometric
dating requires scientists to make a lot of assumptions that can have a large effect on the age
determined.
Describe how the "simple-to-complex" sequence of fossils can be explained by the flood. (There are 2
parts to this answer) - (answer)1. The "simple" organisms in the fossil record were generally bottom-
dwelling ocean creatures that would be buried by sediments first.
2. The more "complex" organisms were larger, land-dwelling, mobile animals that would have been able
to avoid floodwaters longer than "simple" organisms and they would eventually be buried later.
Why is the Cambrian explosion a problem for evolution? - (answer)The sequence of intermediates that
evolution says should exist between simple Precambrian organisms and complex Cambrian organisms
does not exist.
