8th Sci. A Changing Earth (Ch 5)

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Which of the following statements is true?

• Our sun is much larger than the central star of other galaxies.
• The sun's gravity is more than strong enough to create the solar system.
• All the planets are rocky and rotate in the same direction.
• Inner planets have fewer moons than outer planets.

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Inner planets have fewer moons than outer planets.

Front

Using relative age dating, which color stratum would contain the youngest fossils? Options: blue - top, orange - bottom, purple - upper middle, pink - lower middle

Back

blue - top

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

Which of the following supports a young-Earth theory?

• Earth formed from clumps of dust, rock, and ice pulled together by gravity.
• Nothing had to evolve. Everything was fully functional when it came into existence.
• Our solar system and its planets formed slowly from a cloud of dust and gas called a nebula.
• Earth has had 5 major ice ages.

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Nothing had to evolve. Everything was fully functional when it came into existence.

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Fixed, or ______, age of rocks is based on the _________ found in them.

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absolute, elements

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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The _________ created the dramatic features that we see today in a short amount of time. This is called ___________________.

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Genesis Flood, Catastrophic Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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Determining the age of rocks by measuring the amount of nuclear changes within the substances in the rock.

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Radiometric dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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How do you explain simple organisms being found on the bottom layer of the geologic column?

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The sediments moved by the flood would have trapped simple organisms quickly. Upper layers contain more complex ones because they could survive longer.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Continental plates moving rapidly during the flood.

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Runaway subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Where do some secular, or worldly, scientists think the oceans came from?

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Ice from comets that collided with the earth and melted.

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Fossil

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The remains of living organisms preserved by natural processes.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2