Study of the Ocean
What is the deepest known point of the sea?
What are regions of earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant?
stalagmite regions
What is the main agent of chemical weathering?
water
What term refers to a fossil organism found in strata that are supposedly too old or too young to contain that organism?
anomaly
What is the main factor that affects the color of the ocean?
Water's Natural Color
What do oceanographers usually measure hydrostatic pressure in?
Kilopascal
Rocks formed when other types of rocks are "cooked" by heat and pressure are called ___________
metamorphic
What are the natural ridges formed when water flow causes sediments to drop along the edge of a river's channels?
levees
What term describes a fossil that extends through multiple strata?
polystrate fossil
What well-known amorphous igneous rock has a glass-like texture and splits to form sharp edges?
obsidian
What is an upward-flowing current that occurs when a land breeze pushes surface water away from the coast?
Upwelling
What type of volcano is made of alternating layers of lava and ash?
composite volcano
Which of the following was thought to be a missing link in man's evolution but was later found to be the remains of a modern human?
Cro-Magnon Man
What metal is used as a fuel for nuclear reactors?
uranium
What oceanographic tool is a highly maneuverable robot linked to a support ship by cables?
ROV
What type of fault occurs when rocks on one side of a fault are shoved on top of the rocks on the otherside of the fault?
thrust fault
What is the process of modifying a smooth slope into a series on level, stairlike steps to prevent erosion?
terracing
What idea states that the fittest and strongest organisms are most likely to survive and reproduce?
Natural Selection
What is the idea that understanding modern geological processes is the key to understanding the earth's geological history?
uniformitarianism
A submersible consisting of a crew compartment suspended from a float is called what?
bathyscaphe
Modified Mercalli Scale
Based on Biblical teaching, what event was probably directly responsible for laying down most of Earth's sedimentary rock layers?
The Flood
Which of the following is supposedly a missing link between amphibians and reptiles?
Seymouria
What technique do evolutionists use to assign supposedly exact ages to rocks?
radiometric dating