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Searching for the Truth on Origins Exam #5: The History of the Earth |
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True or False |
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T F |
According to the lesson, the history of life can be interpreted either by man's speculation or by God's revelation. |
| 2. |
T F |
A passage in 2 Peter explains that the earth was destroyed by a flood in the past and will be again in the future. |
| 3. |
T F |
Hutton and Lyell were two Christian geologists who played a prominent role in providing the time scale for the earth which Darwin later rejected. |
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T F |
Geologists are able to determine the age of fossils and layers of earth scientifically. |
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T F |
Carbon-14 cannot be used to date rocks or layers of earth |
| 6. |
T F |
The idea that the Planet Earth is very old is foundational to the authenticity of the Bible. |
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T F |
The reliability of radiometric dating was demonstrated by geologists when taking core samples from an area of the Grand Canyon |
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T F |
In the Hawaiian Islands, mini-canyons display layers of earth that formed recently and not millions of years ago. |
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T F |
Examples of a catastrophic flood can be found on every continent. |
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T F |
Oakland does not believe creatures from the past died and were preserved by some sort of a gradual process which formed the fossils. |
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Multiple Choice |
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| 11. | What reason does Oakland give for personally being compelled to do these creation presentations? | |
| A | He wants to help people understand that the Bible is true | |
| B | He wants to show people that a judgment of God has occurred on the earth in the past, and there is evidence that it occurred in the scriptures | |
| C | He wants people to know that the Bible reveals what is going to take place in the future | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 12. | Which of the following does NOT refer to the study of geology as taught in this lesson? | |
| A | A study of the rocks that make up the surface of our planet | |
| B | A study of the fossils that are found in the earth’s surface | |
| C | A study of horizontal layers have been laid down as a result of water activity | |
| D | A study of various forms of life that once lived on earth and evolved over long periods of time | |
| 13. | How does the lesson explain what would have caused two fossils of dinosaurs that found entangled together? | |
| A | They were trapped by a huge sand dune that was saturated with rain | |
| B | They were fighting when a localized flood entrapped them | |
| C | It happened as a result of a catastrophic disaster | |
| D | None of the above | |
| 14. | James Hutton and Charles Lyell formulated the chart known as geological column in what ear? | |
| A | The mid 1800s | |
| B | The late 1700s | |
| C | The early 1900s | |
| D | The early 1800s | |
| 15. | Why is it impossible to accurately date rock layers using the Geological Column? | |
| A | The geological column was simply a drawing based on speculation and assumption | |
| B | There is no place in the world to drill down a core and find this sequence of layers | |
| C | The theory behind the actual chart uses circular reasoning | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 16. | The lesson uses an illustration of a farmer trying to weigh a pig without a scale to make what point? | |
| A | The farmer's method was inaccurate due to his primitive equipment just like scientists of the past | |
| B | The farmer's method was compared to the circular reasoning of the geological column | |
| C | The farmer's method was compared to the inaccurate data used by creationists' for dating the earth | |
| D | The farmer's method was inaccurate due to conflicting data from too many sources as in scientific research | |
| 17 | How has the creation worldview benefitted from the erruption of Mt. St. Helens? | |
| A | The explosions produced distinct layers that look like layers that geologists belileve are millions of years old | |
| B | The explosions produced evidence that the creation of the earth could have happened just as rapidly | |
| C | The explosions produced identifiable order which supports the evolutionist worldview | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 18. | How does the lesson describe uniformitarianism in relation to geology? | |
| A | The past is the key to the present | |
| B | The present is the key to the past | |
| C | The past is the key to the future | |
| D | The present is the key to the future | |
| 19. | Which of the following verses is used in the lesson to point out that men willingly choose to ignore the truth regarding creation? | |
| A | Jeremiah 17:5 | |
| B | 2 Peter 3:5-7 | |
| C | Genesis 1:27 | |
| D | Psalm Hosea 4:6 | |
| 20. | Where did geologists discover the so-called younger layers of the earth buried under older layers from the Cambrian era? | |
| A | Mount St. Helens | |
| B | Toros-Menalla Dessert | |
| C | Mount Yumnuska | |
| D | Kilauea Crater | |
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