Definitions
Define Geology:
The study of earth’s history revealed by rocks
the study of fossils is an example of this kind of study.
What is, Paleontology?
Internal testing refers to this.
What is, that the document is verifiable because of a lack of contradiction, and the language used fits the time and place it purports to be from?
Relative Age is defined roughly as...
What is, ...
The number of students are at Springfield.
What is, 84?
Define Life Science:
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms.
Uncovering the remains at Pompeii is an example of this kind of study.
What is, Archaeology?
Bibliographical testing requires this.
What is, eye-witness testimony or first/second hand accounts?
The difference between Absolute and Known Age.
What is, Absolute Age is the printed or otherwise notated age, whereas Known Age is the age derived by examining other corroborating artifacts?
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Define Archaeology:
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.
"A dead skin cell is an example of an organism." This is true or false because...
What is, false, because it is no longer living.
Martha Manahew wrote down her experience at the DMV. This is an example of this type of testing.
What is, bibliographical?
Dendrochronology determines the age of this particular kind of organism.
What is, trees?
The number of bones in a human body.
What is, 206?
Define Dendrochronolgy:
The process of a determining a tree’s age by counting rings.
The importance of strata is this.
What is, they are layers of sediment that show time and convey information about the past?
If a document of Josephus' (a ?Jewish historian from the first century) claims the following, "...Truly the followers of the Way act hip and rad. Always they preach their wannabe religion..." then it has failed a particular test for this reason.
What is, the internal test, for its use of more modern language?
A rough definition for how Carbon Dating works would sound like.
What is, determining an artifact's/fossil's age through Radiology and mapping the decay of carbon?
The number of counties in Washington State.
What is, 39?
Define Paleontology:
The study of history through the preserved remains of once-living organisms.
These aspects make examining a crime scene similar to an Archeological dig site.
The importance of going slow is related to this.
What is, both are attempting to discover what happened in the past. By examining the traces of these events you can create an accurate narrative of what took place. If you go too quickly, it may destroy evidence or create conflicting stories.
If both Josephus and Tacitus (early historians) claim that Christ was a real, living person and that he gathered a great following and many died for their faith, this account passes the _____ test.
What is, the external test?
The Ming Clam was this many years old.
What is, >500 years old?
Age of Methuselah.