Geology and the Flood Quiz

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Quiz for Creation Apologetics course by Mr. Chris Ashcraft

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1. Prior to the 19th century geologists believed that... *

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Catastrophes such as the Biblical flood were responsible for the majority of the Earth’s fossil bearing rock.

Fossil fuels formed from inorganic materials in the Earth's mantle.

The Earth was flat.

Plate tectonics was responsible for fossil petrification.

2. Uniformitarianism is the belief *

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in the unitary nature of God – a doctrine espoused by some theistic evolutionists.

that God created everything with uniform physical laws (gravity, nuclear force, etc.).

that uniform rates of erosion and deposition were responsible for geologic features.

in the sudden appearance of fossils that was held until gradualism was introduced by Charles Darwin

3. Who were two people that introduced the concept of uniformitarian thinking to Geology? *

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Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould

James Hutton and Charles Lyell

Harlen Bretz and Steve Austin

Nicholas Steno and Karl Marx

4. The Missoula Flood was a major catastrophic flood in eastern Washington that… *

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was witnessed in 1789 by settlers in the Missoula valley of Montana.

is believed responsible for forming much of the erosion seen at the Grand Canyon.

happened during the ice age (after the Biblical flood).

is another name for the Biblical flood that is based on the name of Noah’s family.

5. What does the story of Harlen Bretz teach us about the thinking of geologists today? *

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Scientists have been slow to acknowledge the occurrence of global warming.

His work with radioisotopes showed that geologists need to rethink their conclusions about radiometric dating.

Geologists are so biased against catastrophism that even obvious events like the Missoula Flood have been rejected.

Geologists refuse to accept the theories of scientists that believe in creation.

6. All of the following are sedimentary rocks except… *

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Sandstone (mostly quartz)

Shale (fine silt and clay)

Igneous (volcanic)

Limestone (hardened by calcite from shells)

7. What type of rock was used as a building stone for roads and building in places like Jerusalem and massive monuments like Pyramids? *

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Turbidite

Limestone

Shale

Conglomerate

8. What do we call layers of sedimentary rocks – like those visible at the Grand Canyon? *

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Strata

Faults

Igneous

Quartz

9. How was the entire history of geological time (fossil record) assembled? *

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From laboratory experiments that show how different sedimentary rocks form.

The fossil sequence was inferred from prior knowledge of the evolutionary lineage.

The entire history can be found visible at the walls of the Grand Canyon.

By studying the layers visible at multiple different locations and combining them.

10. All of the following are “Laws of Stratigraphy” except… *

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Superimposition - oldest strata lies on the bottom with successively younger above

Stratification – particles are separated into layers under catastrophic conditions.

Lateral Continuity - originally extended in all directions until thinned or terminated.

Original Horizontality - particles settle by gravity, so strata was originally horizontal.

11. How does the Law of Lateral Continuity provide proof of Biblical Flood? *

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Nicholas Steno, who established these laws, was a Bible believing Christian.

It states that the strata was originally horizontal and then laterally bent by catastrophic processes.

Only large scale catastrophic processes can create stratified sediments.

Its based on observations that strata extends continuously over the surface of the Earth.

12. Sedimentary rock strata (layers) can be formed by all the following physical processes except which? *

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Landslides

Mudflows

Glaciation

Earthquakes (Liquifaction)

Turbidity Currents

13. Turbidites are a type of sandstone that was formed by what action? *

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Volcanic mudflows called lahars

Through the actions of water or wind erosion

Cementation by calcium carbonates

Underwater landslides

14. The Eruption at Mount St. Helen was an important event that helped illustrate what catastrophic geological process? *

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a. Fossils form rapidly.

b. Stratified rock forms rapidly.

c. Erosion can form canyons quickly.

d. The breakup of the “Fountains of the great deep”

Both b & c

Both a, b, and c.

15. Most of the erosion that occurred at Mount St. Helens was caused by what physical process? *

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Mudflows from snow and ice that accumulated in the crater.

Lava flows during the initial eruption on May 18th

The volcanic landslides called pyroclastic flows.

Spirit Lake was displaced during the eruption causing rapid canyon erosion.

16. Trees were observed floating in Spirit Lake at Mount St. Helens, which led to what theories about the Biblical flood? *

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a. Petrified wood can form rapidly in water with dissolved volcanic ash.

b. Trees were floating upright showing how polystrate / upright fossil trees could have formed.

c. Trees began to bud while floating in water showing how plant life could have survived.

d. Peat accumulation in Spirit Lake from tree bark showed how coal could form.

Both b & d

All of the above

17. Difficulty in explaining the erosion of the Grand Canyon is due to what? *

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Arizona is extremely arid and has very little rainfall to promote erosion.

The Canyon is cut through solid basalt (volcanic rock).

The speed of the Colorado River does not cause much erosion in the canyon.

The river cuts through the uplifted Colorado Plateau.

18. What theory has been proposed by creation scientists to account for the erosion of the Grand Canyon? *

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It formed during Noah’s flood as the waters were receding.

It was eroded catastrophically by the drainage of post-flood lakes.

It formed at the breakup of the “Fountains of the great deep”.

It was a pre-flood landform that deepened due to flood runoff.

19. When viewed through the Biblical worldview – what is the meaning or message of the fossil record? *

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It confirms the historical record of the Bible.

It is a memorial to the global flood.

It’s a reminder of God’s tremendous hatred of sin.

It’s a reminder that we will be judged by God one day for our sins.

All of the above.

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