Intro to Earth Science
The four main branches of earth science
What are meteorology, oceanology, astronomy, and geology?
When talking about the age of the earth people with this view have a literal view of creation in Genesis 1
What are young earth creationist?
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure
What is a mineral?
The way a mineral’s surface reflects light
What is luster?
These rocks form from cooled and hardened magma
What is igneous rocks?
Believe that matter and energy came together in an undirected system to form the universe
What is naturalism?
When talking about the age of the earth people with this view have a figurative interpretation of creation in Genesis 1
What are old earth creationist?
The study of minerals
What is mineralogy?
The color of the powder left by a mineral when it is rubbed against a hard, rough surface
What is streak?
These rocks form when the structure and mineral composition of existing rocks change because of heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
What are metamorphic rocks?
Believe that a supernatural Being created the universe with purpose and design
What is theism?
The distance in degrees north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
Minerals are classified according to these two things
What are chemical composition and structure?
A mineral’s resistance to being scratched
What is hardness?
These rocks form from sediments that have been compacted and cemented together
What are sedimentary rocks?
Believe that the creator of the universe is the God of the Bible
What is biblical theism?
The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian
What is longitude?
The four types of silicate minerals
What are feldspar, quartz, mica, and talc?
The ability of some minerals to glow and change color under ultraviolet light
What is fluorescence?
The difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks
What is intrusive igneous rocks form inside the earth and extrusive igneous rocks form outside the earth?
A method used to determine the age of items of organic origin by measuring the radioactivity of their content
What is carbon-14 dating?
An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere
What is the prime meridian?
Two of the six types of nonsilicate minerals
Any 2 of the following:
Carbonates, Oxides, Sulfate, Sulfide, Halide, or Native Elements
The mass per unit of volume of a substance
What is density?
The three types of sedimentary rocks
What are clastic, chemical, and carbonate?