The Changing Earth

Which of the following statements about Earth's history is true?

• There is only one accurate history.

• There was no human present at Earth's beginning

• The way that we interpret evidence depends on our worldview

• all of the answers are true

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Geologically, the term stratum refers to

• a long period of time

• a rare fossil

• a large plate of the earth's crust

• a layer of rock

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Which of the following has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined?

• climates

• magnetic crystals

• glaciers

• mountains

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Sea-floor spreading is thought to be driven by the movement of

• glaciers

• the moon

• the mantle

• sediments

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Tectonic plates

• contain only continents

• contain only oceanic crust

• may contain both continental crust and oceanic crust

• are an evolutionary idea

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According to old earth view which of the following was caused by a planet running into another planet?

• the earth

• the moon

• bother the earth and the moon

• neither the earth nor the moon

Which of the following events came last in the old-earth story?

• ice ages

• the formation of Earth from dust and gases

• the hardening of Earth's crust

• the formation of the moon

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Which of the following was created first in the young-earth story?

• light

• the sun

• plants

• man

How long did Noah and his family spend inside the Ark?

• 40 days and 40 nights

• 154 days

• 316 days

• 371 days

According to a young-earth view, during which period would you expect to find the greatest number and variety of fossils?

• the Creation event

• the Flood

• modern geologic processes

• the New World Era

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