Terms and Definitions
Radioactive decay in which a nucleus ejects two protons and two neutrons as a single particle.
What is Alpha decay?
Uniformitarianism is best summed up by this phrase.
"The present is the key to the past."
Of the three types of creationists--old earth, young earth, and theistic evolutionists, which one is most likely to use the catastrophist interpretation of the geological column?
What is a young-earth creationist?
Before the time when radioactivity was discovered in the late 1800s, this important theory was around. It said that atoms cannot change.
What is Dalton's Atomic Theory?
An opening in the seafloor that emits hot, mineral-rich water.
What is a Hydrothermal vent?
In the uniformitarian view, Pangaea existed about __________________ years ago.
250 million
Most catastrophists are ________________, who believe in the biblical account of ________________in Genesis chapters 6-9.
What are Christians and Noah's Flood?
Atoms are made up of three components: ______________, ___________________, and _________________,
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
A vent in the earth's surface that ejects a column of hot water and steam.
What is a geyser?
Uniformitarians use this to measure the ages of things that they are studying.
What is radioactivity?
Which of the following is NOT part of the YEC view of what happened during the Flood?
a. The motion of the tectonic plates stopped until the floodwaters receded.
b. The ocean floors rose as new oceanic crust formed.
c. The oceans heated, which caused the waters to expand.
d. Runaway subduction caused large slabs pf rock to fall deep into the mantle.
What is Option A?
Protons have ____________electrical charge.
What is positive?
Radioactive decay in which a neutron emits an electron to become a proton.
What is Beta decay?
A uniformitarian who thinks life arose and became what we see today only as a result of natural processes that happened over billions of years would be called a _________________________.
What is an atheist?
Catastrophists would likely change the phrase "The present is the key to the past" to what?
"The present is not always the key to the past. There have been many large-scale catastrophes that have shaped the surface of the earth."
Neutrons have _________________ electrical charge.
The answer is no. They have no electrical charge.
An isotope that is unstable and eventually decays to become a different atom.
What is a Radioactive isotope?
A uniformitarian who thinks life was initially created by God so that it could then go through the process of evolution to become what we see today would be called a ____________________.
What is a theistic evolutionist?
In the YEC view, fossils found below the Cambrian rocks are ____________________.
What are Pre-Flood rocks?
Radioactivity involves one atom changing into another type of atom. This means the changes happen where in the atom?
What is the nucleus?