Geology
The study of the earth
Geology
The Apollo 8 astronauts read Genesis 1 over the air on what special day
Christmas Eve
Any raw material that we use from our environment
Natural Resource
The Earth's outer layer
Crust
The earth is contained in this galaxy
Milky Way
A catastrophe found in the Bible that shaped the much of the earth's surface
The great flood
Without this the earth would be much hotter near the equator and much colder near the poles
Earth's tilt
Natural resources that cannot be replenished
Nonrenewable resources
Takes up 84% of the Earth's volume
Mantle
The distance that light travels in one year
A light year
Geologists use this to learn all kinds of things about the earth
Observation
No other planet has this on its surface
Liquid water
Natural resources that have an unlimited supply or are easily replenished
Renewable resources
Waves of energy that form when the Earth's crust moves suddenly
Seismic Waves
The Bible states that this was created "for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years."
The moon
The viewpoint that the earth is billions of years old
Deep-time View
Protects the earth from the wavelengths of the sun as well as meteors
Atmosphere
2 Classifications of Natural Resources
Biological and Non-biological
The boundary between the crust and the mantle
Moho
When the moon aligns itself between the earth and the sun
Eclipse
Earth forming processes have always been the same at a gradual rate
Uniformitarianism
Most scientists believe that this comes from the movement of liquid metals at the Earth's core
Magnetic field
The effort to oversee and control the use of natural resources
Resource Management
Earth's magnetic field originates here
Core
The sun's size and temperature are responsible for creating a region around it called this.
The habitability zone