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Know Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
What is the definition of geology?
"Geology has been historically been assigned to the science of the earth's rocks, minerals, their structures, and the processes that affect these structures
The earth contains _____ billion trillion metric tons of just the right material to support human life
3
The mass and size of the earth are directly responsible for the strength of ______ of the earth's atmosphere
gravity
Gravity is responsible for the earth's _______
atmosphere
Our atmosphere contains an ______ amount of oxygen
optimal
Geologists can learn about the earth's interior by studying ______ waves
earthquake
The earth's crust is relatively ______ - density rock
low
The mantle makes up about _____ of the earth's volume
84%
Do we know more about the earth beneath our feet or the stars?
stars
True or False: The liquid portion of the core is at least partly responsible for the earth's magnetic field.
true
True or False: Geologist recognize no certain truths
False
True or False: Geologists can observe thousands of effects in nature that should be predictable by some model of the earth's origin
False
True or False: Scientific models require that only that which has been proved is used
False
True or False: Developing a scientific model requires scientists to make certain assumptions
True
True or False: No *human was present to view the origin of the earth
True
Name and Comment: be able to name and describe the three major events, that a Christian must keep in mind as he studies the earth's history
Creation, the Fall and Curse, and the Flood
The word geology literally means the _____ of ___ _______
study, the earth
The pressure of the _____ are extremely high
core
the _______ is believed to have a liquid out part
core
Water covers what percentage of the earth?
71%
The _____ occupies about 84% of the earth's volume
mantle
The _____ is an average of six times thicker under continents
crust
Developing a scientific model requires scientists to do what?
make certain asssumptions
This concept is important for a Christian to study
a young, fully functioning earth
God did this to the ground for man's sake
cursed
May have become more severe after the flood
weather
Loose material that sinks to the bottom of a body of water
sediment
Sedimentary rock layers found in the earth's crust
strata
The key to the present is the past is the motto of
uniformitarianism
Not being formed today is vast quantities
coal
"knowing this that in the last days shall come..."
scoffers
this part of the earth was named after the Croatian scientist who discovered it
Moho
True or False: The crust is solid yet low density rock
True
True or False: the crust ranges in thickness only in the oceans
False
True or False: The earth's history will not be in uniform
True
True or False: God has intervened supernaturally often in the earth's history
True
True or False: Evolutionists believe the earth is only thousands of years old
False
Know Exodus 20:11
"For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."
Discuss: the creation, a fully functioning earth, the natural dominion, the Fall and Curse, or the Flood and its aftermath
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Minerals are a g______ g_____ of God
gracious gift
and are significant in God's Word so ___________
They should be important to us too
A mineral is a n______ o_______, i_________crystalline s_______ with a definite c______ c_______
naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, chemical composition
Only five minerals are mentioned in the first _____ chapters of Genesis
six
In addition ____ rocks and minerals are mentioned in the Bible after the flood
36
What are the tiny particles that are the building blocks of matter?
atoms
The number of these determines the element that atoms belong to
protons
Containing only one kind of atom
native
Most minerals are....
compounds
Not chemically combined
mixture
More reliable than apparent color of mineral
mineral's streak
The quality and intensity of light reflected from a mineral's surface
luster
The enlargement by adding particles to crystal's structure
accretion
This crystal can weigh several tons
feldspar
Characteristic to separate into flat sheets
cleavage
Minerals that do not separate into flat sheets but do have a pattern
fracture
Know about Mohs scale
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Minerals exclude ____ because it's organic
coal
Rocks tell a story based on a ____ bias view
bias
The message of rocks is primarily about _______ ________
God's judgement
Know four ways rocks are useful for us in everyday life
medicines, roads, coal for fires, construction, etc.
What is the study of rocks?
petrology
A possible secondary message in the rocks
restoration
The first thing a a geologist who studies rocks will determine
classification
Rock that may be produced by moving water and then compacted
sedimentary
The rock cycle is what type of model?
uniformity
A fragmentary rock that appears to contain other fragments from other eroded rocks is...
clastic
A material in which something is enclosed or embellished
matrix
Having no interconnecting pores in a rock
impermeable
Rock formed by the cooling of molten rock
igneous
The majority of processes on earth were designed in this fashion
cyclic
what is a fossil
a fossil is any trace od a living organism perserved by naturak means
Does the occurence of evolution refute creation?
No
To be able to trap and fossilize dinosaurs the catastrophe must've been....
tremendous
be able to quote and explain both of the oriental proverbs chinese and japanese proverbs having to do with moutains
"Though not stumbling over the mountains, stumbling over the anthills"
"If you never climb the high moutains you'll never see the plane"
be able to list and explain values of moutains
ex: boundaries, burial places, hiding places, sports, and scenic beauty, etc.
what is a mountain?
a mountain can be defied as a "natural elevation of the earth's crust"
it rises more or less abruptly to a/an ______
peak
Geologists divide moutains into groups as to how ______________
they think they were formed
Moutains that form by accumulation on the earth's surface
depositional
Build up through materials coming through a central vent
volcanoes
Boston's Bunker Hill is called...
a drumlin
Moutain that usually forms a plateau
erosional
Mountains as, Appalachins, the Rockies, the Alps, and the Himalayas are classified as...
fold mountains
Uniformitarian theory to explain the orgin of the moutains
orogeny
True or False: both evolutionists and creationists suspect that mountains were raised by tectonic plates
True
True or False: there is no evidence that and moutains formed rapidly
False
True or False: most mountains today that exist today are probably the result of the Genesis Flood
True
True or False: Franci Bacon and Benjamin Franklin, both suggested ideas that became known as the conteintal drift theory
True
True or False: In the 1920s Alfred Wegner suggested that all modern continents had started as one big continent
True
True or False: Geologists have concluded that the ocean crusts are spreading away from the mid-ocean ridges which have become known as sea-floor spreading
True
be able to describe uniformitarian plate tectonics
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be able to discuss Creationary Plate Tectonics
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