General Science Midterm

Vocabulary

100

A test is used to determine whether a document is consistent within itself

What is an internal test?

200

A type of test that is used to determine if a document is consistent with other documents of that time

What is an external test?

300

The decayed remains of once-living creatures is called...

What is humus?

400

The calculated age of an artifact from a specific dating method is said to be the...

What is the absolute age?

500

The conversion of organic material into rock is called...

What is petrification?

Module 5

100

This test is used to evaluate whether or not the document we have today is the same document as the original

What is the bibliographic test?

200

This test is used to evaluate whether or not the document contradicts itself

What is the internal test?

300

This test is used to evaluate whether or not the document contradicts other known historical facts

What is the external test?

400

A historian has two books of ancient history. Book 1's earliest copy was made 500 years after the original and has 22 other independent copies. Book 2's earliest copy was 1,000 years after the original and has 10 copies that are identical. Of the two, this book is considered to be truer to the original book

What is book 1?

500

An archaeologist finds a coin with the date stamped on it, this is an example of this kind of age

What is the known age?

Module 6

100

This type of rock is formed from solidified magma

What is igneous rock?

200

This is the name of magma after it erupts out of the earth

What is lava?

300

A limestone rock gets hit with acid rain and bubbles, this is an example of this type of weathering

What is chemical change?

400

This type of rock is where paleontologist usually find fossils

What is sedimentary rock?

500

This structure forms from the ceiling of caves and often has the appearance of icicles

What are stalactites?

Module 7

100

This type of fossil requires mineral-rich water in order to form

What are petrified remains?

200

This type of fossil preserves only the shape and outer details of creatures

What are carbonized remains?

300

A geologist that believes that most fossils were laid down over a short time period in earth's past believes in which view?

What is the catastrophist view?

400

The key assumption that uniformitarians have is

What is, the earth took a long time to form?

500

Geologists believe in this principle that states that the oldest things are at the bottom and the younger things are at the top?

What is the principle of superposition?