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What are the deep cracks or fissures that develop on the surface of a glacier
crevasses
What are large holes formed when huge chunks of glacial ice lodge in washed-out sediments
What method of erosion prevention involves planting alternating strips of different types of crops
strip-cropping
What type of current is made of seawater mixed with mud and silt and can erode the ocean floor to produce submarine canyons
turbidity current
What is a huge muddy valley that cuts into the deep ocean floor
trench
Which of the following was thought to be a missing link in man's evolution but later was found to be the remains of a modern human
Cro-Magnon man
What term refers to a fossil organism found in strata that are supposedly too old or too young to contain that organism
anomaly
Based on the biblical teaching, what event was probably directly responsible for laying down most of Earth's sedimentary rock layers
flood
What oceanographic tool is highly maneuverable robot linked to a support ship by cables
ROV
What is an area of the sea that exceeds 6000 m in depth called
hadal zone
What is the main agent of chemical weathering
WATER
What is the process of modifying a smooth slope into a series of level, stair-like steps to prevent erosion
terracing
What technique do evolutionists use to assign supposedly exact ages to rocks and fossils
radiometric dating
What substance makes up most of the salt in the oceans
sodium chloride
What are the large waves created by underwater disturbances called
tsunamis
What are the natural ridges formed when water flow causes sediments to drop along the edge of a river channel
levees
What term describes a fossil that extends through multiple strata
polystrate fossil
Which of the following is supposedly a missing link between amphibians and reptiles
Seymouria
What is the main factor the affects the color of the oceans
natural color
What oceanographic tool charts currents far beneath the surface and sends back accurate measurements of those current and water properties
profiling float
What idea attempts to reconcile the Bible and evolution by claiming that God used evolution as the method of creation
theistic evolution
What type of dune look like a pyramid with several out0reaching arms
star dune
What are regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant
karst regions
What is a circular coral reef island that gros around an underwater volcano
atoll
What type of underwater valley gives mid-ocean ridges the appearance of having twin mountain ranges
rift