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CR 370
notes for test 2
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02/28/2012

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according to a creationist the earth is _____ years old
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6,000
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according to a evolutionist the earth is _____ years old
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4.5 billion
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according to a evolutionist the big bang happened _____ years ago
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13.7 billion
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according to creationist Archbishop James Ussher the creation date is _____ BC
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4004
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a creation may establish a maximum age of ____ years for earth
Definition
12,000
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Comte de Buffon wrote
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Epochs of Nature
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Charles Lyll wrote
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Principles of Geology
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what is the present key to the past
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uniformitarianism
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evidence of dramatic changes due to catastrophic conditions abounds
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problem with uniformitarianism
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notion that rare, high-magnitude events have played an important role in landscape evolution
Definition
neocatastrophism
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Geologists today call themselves _____
Definition
Neo-catastrophists
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process of estimating the age of the rocks from the decay of their radioactive isotopes
Definition
radiometric dating
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half life
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time required for half the parent elements to decay into daughter elements
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radiometic dating cannot be used on every type of rock only ____ can
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Igneous and fossils
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Half life = ______ years
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5,730
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the c for speed of life is _______ miles per second
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186,000
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the speed of life may have been greater in the past
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CDK
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time may have flowed more slowly on earth
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GTD
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instantaneous one-way travel of light, but roundtrip equals the speed of light
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ASC
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universe is estimated at _____ years across
Definition
46 billion
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older age =
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problem
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younger age =
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no problem
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Milky Way supposed to be _____ years old
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10 billion
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a star exploding
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supernova
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varies stages of gas expansion referred to as _____
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Supernova Remnant Stages (SNR)
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SNR Stage 1 = ______years
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200
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SNR Stage 2 = ______years
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120,000
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SNR Stage 3 = ______years
Definition
3 million
Term
contains objects which have different characteristics from comets
Definition
kuiper belt
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all the salt in the ocean would accumulate in _____ years
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62 million
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Evolutionists require _____ years for the salt to accumulate in the ocean
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3 billion
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Earth's magnetic field has a half life of _____ years
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1,454
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Decay of the earth's magnetic field has been measured since ____
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1835
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_____ years ago, the heat produced would have disrupted earth's internal structure
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