Significance of Earth
Why is it important to have liquid water on Earth?
water dissolves and transports nutrients within living things
______ literally means the study of the Earth.
geology
DOUBLE BONUS JEOPARDY!!
Name as many layers of the Earth as you can in order.
100 points per correct layer
crust
- lithosphere
- moho
upper mantle
- asthenosphere
lower mantle
outer core
inner core
Which is not a natural resource?
A. water
B. wood
C. walruses
D. wire
D. wire
What is one question that a historical geologist would study?
Which best describes Earth's orbit?
A. circular
B. tilted
C. elliptical
D. magnetic
C. elliptical
How old do young-earth creationists believe the Earth is?
6000-7000 years
How do scientists learn about the earth's interior structure?
they measure the speed of earthquake waves
- how easy it is to access
- how much it is needed
What metal makes up the Earth's core?
mostly iron
Name two benefits of a day-night cycle.
- evens out temperatures on both sides of Earth
- gives us rest
- allows plants and animals to regulate growth
True or False: Most current secular scientists believe in uniformitarianism.
False; they would hold to neocatastrophism
What part of the earth is likely responsible for Earth's magnetic field?
the outer core (liquid)
Sustainable yield deals only with _______ resources.
A. renewable
B. nonrenewable
C. biological
D. all of the above
A. renewable
Name two requirements of the habitability zone.
- life exists
- liquid water
- CO2 is a gas
If the earth’s axis were perpendicular to its orbital plane,
A. the equatorial zone would be cooler than it is.
B. the polar zones would be warmer than they are.
C. there would be a wide, hot equatorial belt and very cold polar zones.
D. the zone between the equatorial region and the poles would be much broader.
C. there would be a wide, hot equatorial belt and very cold polar zones.
Which geologist was most likely not uniformitarian?
A. Charles Lyell
B. Charles Darwin
C. James Hutton
D. Alfred Wegener
D. Alfred Wegener
Where is the crust the thickest?
under continents
Give two examples of resource management.
- turning off the water while you brush your teeth
- throwing trash away in the trash can instead of leaving it around
How old do secular scientists believe the earth is?
4.5 billion years old
Why is Earth's mass and rocky structure beneficial for life?
Earth's mass has just the right amount of gravity, and the rocky surface supports life (instead of a gas giant planet with no solid surface and crushing gravity).
What two kinds of information does a geologist use when explaining how a rock formed in the past?
- observations
- worldviews
What is the densest layer of the Earth?
the core
Use as many vocab words as possible to describe trees as a resource.
- biological resource
- renewable resource
What did the astronauts read on the radio broadcast as they orbited the moon?
Genesis 1:1-10