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Random Trivia
100

What does the term stratum refer to?

A layer of rock

100

What is the belief that the solar system formed from exploding rocks and space gas?

Nebular Hypothesis

100

With a diluvial geologic time scale, the lowest stratum of column represents:

The flood or the new world era

100

What are tectonic plate made up of? (Hint: Two Things)

Both continental and oceanic crust

100

Who wrote the famous play Romeo and Juliet?

William Shakespear

200

How long did Noah and his family spend in the ark?

371 DAYS!

200

True or False: We know that the solar system's history shows us that the way the planets were made agrees with secular geologists.

False! 

200

What was created on the first and third day of creation?

Light and Darkness, Land and Plants

200

The formation of new ocean crust at the mid-ocean ridge is called ___________

Sea floor spreading

200

What is the tallest mammal in the world?

The Giraffe
300

Who believes in catastrophic plate tectonics?

Young-Earth scientists!

300

Who believes in Pangea?

Both sides of science

300

What are two explanations a Christian has for the extinction of wooly mammoths?

Lack of food, plate tectonics, dust storms

300

Define catastrophic plate tectonics

Some answer involving the one year sped-up movement of the plates due to the flood (Teacher's discretion for answer)

300

What is the world's largest living reptile?

The saltwater crocodile

400

Name two things about Earth's history that are true.

Only one accurate history, no human's present at Earth's beginning, what we interpret depends on our worldview

400

List one way the theory of evolution is different from God's account of creation.

Humans were made not evolved, land and ocean existed before animals, everything was made with age, etc. (multiple answers)

400

Why do people on Earth live for shorter periods of time?

Answers may vary- Great amounts of sin happened, we value life more because we don't live as long, etc.

400

Choose one person to come up to the board and draw an accurate picture of the Earth's layers using oceanic crust, continental crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, lithosphere, outer core, and inner core.

Label them 1-7

1 continental 2 oceanic 3 lithosphere 4 upper mantle 5 lower mantle 6 outer core 7 inner core

400

What is the capital of the country of India?

New Delhi

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