Earth Designed for Life
Our bones and muscles would become weak if this force was too weak
What is gravity?
The study of the earth
What is geology?
These are movements of the earth's crust that come from earthquakes
What are seismic waves?
Any raw material that comes from the environment
What is a natural resource?
This man's theory of evolution was influenced by the book Principles of Geology
Who is Charles Darwin?
This helps to protect us from harmful waves from the sun as well as from small meteors coming towards earth
What is the atmosphere?
The age that biblical scientists believe the earth is
What is 6000 to 7000 years old?
This layer of the earth is split into tectonic plates that help to create diverse culture between continents
What is the crust?
What is the value of a resource?
This man founded the idea of uniformitarianism
Who is James Hutton?
These help us to not get hit by comets thanks to their pull of gravity
What are larger gas planets?
The belief that earth's formation is natural and has always happened at a slow, steady rate
What is uniformitarianism?
The layer of the earth that is most likely split into a liquid layer and a completely solid layer
What is the core?
A resource that is not living, like minerals or sunlight
What is a nonbiological resource?
This man wrote Principles of Geology which built the ideas geology had been centered around for 150 years
Who is Charles Lyell?
This allows for plants to get just the right amount of daylight to photosynthesize
What is earth's rotation?
The belief that one or a few catastrophic events shaped the earth
What is catastrophism?
The combination of the crust and the upper mantle that move together during earthquakes
What is the lithosphere?
An example of a nonrenewable resource
What is (silver, copper, oil)?
This man wrote The Genesis Flood and helped revive a young-earth view of the world.
Who is John Whitcomb?
This protects us from solar wind
What is earth's magnetic field?
The view that the earth has formed over a period of 4.5 billion years
What is deep-time view?
The layer of the earth that is close to melting rock and is about 125 miles thick
What is the asthenosphere?
The decision of not cutting down all trees for lumber in a large forest at once
What is resource management?
A man discovered seismic waves changed speed as they went further into the earth. This discontinuity was named after him
What is the Moho?