Abeka Science: Earth and Space Exam Study
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What is the main agent of chemical weathering?

  • Terracing
  • Water (correct)
  • Anomaly
  • Crevasses

    • What does the term 'theistic evolution' refer to?

  • The idea that glaciers are formed by volcanic activity
  • The concept of polystrate fossils extending through multiple strata
  • The belief that God used evolution to create everything in the world (correct)
  • The process of terracing a sloped area

    • What are kettles, as mentioned in the text?

  • Fossils that extend through multiple strata
  • Natural ridges along a river's edge
  • Missing links in man's evolution
  • Large holes left from the melting of glacial ice (correct)

    • What is the biblical event that was probably directly responsible for laying down most of Earth's sedimentary rock layers?

    <p>Flood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do levees refer to in the context of the text?

    <p>Natural ridges along a river's edge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does radiometric dating refer to?

    <p>Technique used to assign supposedly exact ages to rocks and fossils</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of uniformity?

    <p>The concept that natural laws in operation today have existed throughout Earth's history</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main factor that affects the color of the oceans?

    <p>Natural color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which device do oceanographers use to measure the temperature at different levels and report them back to a surface ship?

    <p>Expendable bathythermograph</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can icebergs float in seawater?

    <p>They are less dense than seawater</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a breaker in the context of oceanography?

    <p>A wave that grows taller and steeper as it travels to shore and topples forward with a white crest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an atoll in the context of oceanography?

    <p>A circular coral-reef that grows around an underwater volcano</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the hadal zone in oceanography?

    <p>Any area of the sea that exceeds 6000 meters in depth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does sonar do in oceanography?

    <p>Determines the size, distance, and direction of objects using sound waves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a turbidity current in oceanography?

    <p>A type of current that is made up of seawater mixed with mud or silt and can erode the ocean floor to produce submarine canyons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for fossils that extend through multiple strata?

    <p>Polystrate fossils</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are kettles, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Large holes left from the melting of huge chunks of glacial ice lodged in washed-out sediments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the biblical event that was probably directly responsible for laying down most of Earth's sedimentary rock layers?

    <p>The Flood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does radiometric dating refer to?

    <p>Technique that evolutionists use to assign supposedly exact ages to rocks and fossils</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'theistic evolution' refer to?

    <p>The idea that God used evolution to make everything in the world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of uniformity?

    <p>The idea that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of uniformity in Earth's history?

    <p>The idea that the natural laws in operation today have existed throughout Earth's history</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which device do oceanographers use to measure the temperature at different levels and report them back to a surface ship?

    <p>Expendable bathythermograph</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a turbidity current in oceanography?

    <p>A type of current that is made up of seawater mixed with mud or silt and can erode the ocean floor to produce submarine canyons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main factor that affects the color of the oceans?

    <p>Natural color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can icebergs float in seawater?

    <p>Because they are less dense than seawater</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Metamorphic' refers to rocks that are:

    <p>Exposed to intense heat or extreme pressure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Hadal zone' in oceanography refers to an area of the sea that exceeds:

    <p>6000 meters in depth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Tsunamis' are giant waves caused by:

    <p>An underwater disturbance on the ocean floor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes up most of the salt in the oceans?

    <p>Sodium chloride</p> Signup and view all the answers

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