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What is The Theory of Evolution
What is The Theory of EvolutionA theory which states that all of life on this earth has a single, common ancestor that existed a long time ago.
Uses index fossils to determine what time period a layer of rock represents.
Uniformitarian
What is an index fossil?
A fossil considered to represent a certain period in earth's past.
What is the geological column?
A theoretical picture in which layers of rock from around the world are meshed together into a single unbroken record of earth's past.
Is the geological column a real thing?
No. It is a theoretical idea.
Does the fossil record support the idea of evolution or the idea that God created each kind of plant and animal individually? Why or why not?
No. It supports the idea that God created each kind of plant and animal individually.
Believes that most of the geological record we see today was formed as the result of of one or more catastrophes.
Catastrophist
Do fossils require a long time (thousands or millions of years) to form?
No. There are fossilized items that are not old.
These geologists Split fossils into three basic groups: Pre-Flood rocks, By the Flood and Post-Flood rocks.
Catastrophist
What is paraconformity?
An uncomformity for which there is no evidence but some geologists think should exist.
How are index fossils used by uniformitarian geologists?
To determine what time period a layer of rock represents
Why is the data from Mt. Saint Helen's considered evidence for catastrophism?
Major geological formations we see today can be formed quickly as a result of catastrophes.
What do the data from Mount Saint Helens tell us about the time it takes to form stratified rocks?
Stratified rock can form rapidly
According to uniformitarians, which creatures lived on earth first, trilobites or fish?
Trilobites
Which viewpoint requires the existence of paraconformities?
Uniformitarianism
If you see a canyon with a river flowing through it, should you assume that the river eroded the canyon?
No. We've only seen a canyon form a river, not the other way around.
Why does the fossil record offer evidence for the idea that God created each plant and animal individually?
The fossil record contains no fossils that are undeniable intermediate links.
Two rock formations have these layers marked by index fossils. Which layers come from same time period?
A. ⭕️ D. ❤️
B. ❤️ E. ❌
C. ❌ F. 🛑
B and D, C and E
What are 2 problems with uniformitarianism?
Too many fossils in the fossil record. T Rex bone has soft tissue. Fossil graveyards with fossils from may different climates are hard to understand. Index fossils are called into question by creatures thought extinct but are not. Must assume the existence of paraconformities. Must believe evolution occurred, and there is no evidence.
What are 2 problems with uniformitarianism?
Too many fossils in the fossil record. T Rex bone has soft tissue. Fossil graveyards with fossils from may different climates are hard to understand. Index fossils are called into question by creatures thought extinct but are not. Must assume the existence of paraconformities. Must believe evolution occurred, and there is no evidence.
What is so important about the Cumberland Bone Cave when it comes to the question of uniformitarianism versus catastrophism?
Excellent evidence for a worldwide flood, and is a major problem for the uniformitarian viewpoint, because of fossils from different climates.
What are 2 problems with catastrophism?
No good explanation for the existence of unconformities between rock layers laid down by Flood. Enormous chalk deposits aren't explained conc. the flood. Fossil structures look like they were formed under normal conditions which wouldn't exist during flood.
Two rock formations have these layers marked by index fossils. Which is the oldest layer of rock?
A. ⭕️ D. ❤️
B. ❤️ E. ❌
C. ❌ F. 🛑
F. 🛑