Earth Science - Chapter 1

The commandment to study and use the earth and its resources for God's glory and man's benefit is called

• the Great Commandment

• creational goodness

• the principle of uniformity

• the Creation Mandate

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Which of the following is not an example of applying the Creation Mandate?

• ridiculing a secular scientist because he believes that the earth is 4.5 billion years old

• launching a satellite to improve communication

• creating a device to measure earthquakes

• building a dam to reduce flooding

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What is not redeemed when God saves a person?

• his mind

• his old nature

• his soul

• his actions

An important idea behind the Gap theory of Creation is that

• Creation occurred in six literal days.

• Earth's history involved two acts of creation.

• fossils came from the Genesis Flood.

• the earth is about 7000 years old.

Which of the following statements is true?

• A worldview is based on descriptive data.

• A worldview is based on wisely using God's world.

• A worldview is based on science.

• A worldview is based on presuppositions.

Creationist and secular scientists can have the same information but come to different conclusions because they have different

• values

• types

• interpretations

• uses

The three foundational points of a Christian worldview are the Creation, the Fall, and

• Change

• Sin

• Redemption

• Data

A scientific model

• must be a physically constructed item.

• is a workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening.

• is something that a scientist makes in his spare time.

• always gives the right answer to a scientific question.

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One of the main purposes of science is

• to give final answers to life's big questions.

• to prove that all things came from natural origins.

• to create better models of the way the universe works.

• to disprove the Bible.

Which of the following is a model?

• the statement, “If acidic water is warm, it will dissolve rock faster."

• atomic theory

• the law of gravitation

• all of the above

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