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Assignment

Choose only one most correct answer for the multiple choice, true/false and either/or questions:

1. Light is the physical foundation of all creation and solar energy drives life processes in the biosphere through a.) biodiversity b.) nitrogen fixation c.) plant succession d.) photosynthesis.

2. The solar energy is "fixed" by green plants Food chains give us a glimpse of the interconnectedness and the exact order in the world where everybody and everything has its place, role and purpose. The "producers" are a.) aquatic creatures/fish b.) predatory animals c.) herbivores (plant eating animals) d.) plants

3. Animals and people are known as a.) producers b.) consumers c.) autotrophs d.) flora

4. Autotrophs are known as a.) "self-feeders" surviving by inorganic matter b.) heterotrophs c.) herbivores d.) carnivores

5. Consumers are known as a.) "self-feeders" surviving by inorganic matter b.) heterotrophs c.) autotrophs d.) producers

6. Decomposers have the job of a.) returning nutrients to the soil by feeding on physically dead consumers b.) photosynthesis c.) polluting the environment d.) depleting the soil of necessary nutrients

7. Plants, animals and the surrounding environment and their interactions are known as a.) hydrologic cycle b.) autotrophic system c.) ecosystem d.) flora system

8. Fauna best represents a.) animals b.) plants c.) producers d.) vertical zonation of elevation

9. The greatest biodiversity is found in the following biome: a.) desert b.) tropical rainforest c.) Mediterranean d.) tundra

10. True or False - Deserts have no plants and almost no animals. True or False - (Coastal) California is considered a Mediterranean biome.

11. True or False - Latitude, Altitude, Land-Water, Ocean Currents, Mountain Barriers are strongly connected to the climate of a particular region.

12. The different species of plants found at various mountainous elevations are a product of a.) terrestrial fauna b.) food chains c.) vertical zonation d.) introduction of exotic species in Florida

13. The view that the earth has never had any significant changes in the past and that only current observations yield valid methods for studying the geologic past is known as (choose one): uniformitarianism or catastrophism. Because of the (choose one) uniformitarianism or catastrophism assumption many textbooks and scientists claim that the earth is billions of year old. The discovery of continental drift, giant meteorite impact and catastrophic world-wide flooding support (choose one) uniformitarianism or catastrophism. This geographer/scientist was one of the first to propose the continental drift theory in the scientific community, but because of his being a "creationist" and the theory supporting catastrophism, is not even given a footnote in many modern textbooks: a.) Charles Lyell b.) Charles Darwin c.) Professor B. Willis d.) Antonio Snider-Pellegrini

14. True or False - Out of the 4 most popular terrestrial dating methods tree ring dating is considered the most accurate method.

15. True or False - Potassium-argon and uranium-lead aka "rock/fossil-dating" is a highly accurate terrestrial dating method.

16. True or False - Volcanic rock, known to have formed on the Hawaiian Islands in 1801, had potassium-argon ratios that indicated an age of up to 3 billion years even though in actuality the rock is only hundreds of years old.

17. The view that the continents have been drifting apart at a constant rate of 5.7 cm per year throughout all of earth's history is uniformitarianism or catastrophism. The view that the continents are now drifting apart at 5.7 cm per year but this rate was not constant throughout all of earth's history and may have been dramatically different at some point earlier is uniformitarianism or catastrophism.

18. What significant findings have been discovered by excavations in recent years across the Arctic (north pole region) and the Antarctic (south pole region) and why are these discoveries important? What do they reveal about ancient Earth history and how do they support and/or challenge prior assumptions?

19. List some of the assumptions/limitations of earth-dating theories:

20. True or False - fossil records indicate dinosaurs may have died suddenly with an abrupt extinction as suggested by the K-T boundary. This is in complete opposition to the theory of evolution and natural selection.

21. The oldest known source stating that the continents of the earth used to all be connected in one landmass before their breakup is given by a.) Alfred Wegener (1915) b.) British geologists (1700s) c.) Hollywood (21st Century) d.) Biblical sources (thousands of years ago)

22. The recent discoveries of ancient tropical forests both in the Arctic and Antarctic regions (areas covered by ice today) suggests Earth was once a.) much warmer with a drastically different climate b.) much colder with a drastically different climate c.) polar d.) characterized by low species diversity

23. Carbon Dioxide (a "greenhouse gas") in Earth's atmosphere a.) has become higher than it has ever been in Earth's history b.) has not changed significantly during the geologic record c.) was once much higher than today's observations d.) is the only global warming constituent

24. What breakthrough discovery was revealed in 2014 that, according to lead researcher Graham Pearson, "changes everything about the way a planet works" a.) more petroleum for fossil fuel availability b.) rising carbon dioxide levels c.) melting and re-freezing ice caps at the north and south poles d.) huge reservoirs ("oceans") of water 400 miles below Earth's surface

25. Recent polar research discovering well-preserved remains of tropical plants and animals in the Arctic and Antarctic coupled with the eventual acceptance of Continental Drift evidence and even more recent findings of asteroid strikes on Earth, KT boundary (clay layer) underground, petrified trees and many other related examples supports a.) the theory of evolution (19th - 21st Century) b.) the average textbook (20-21st Century) c.) uniformitarianism (18th Century) d.) original Biblical sources (several millennia ago) -

26. Which states that Earth's climate was originally vastly different from today, consisting of constant temperate conditions (worldwide) with no seasonal changes and that all landmasses were in fact connected prior to the Flood, landmass breakup and reconfiguration and the introduction of seasonality to the global climate system.

27. "You go along a core and everything's the same, the same, the same, and then suddenly you pass this time line and the carbon chemistry is completely different..."(Gerald Dickens, oceanographer/professor Rice University Nature Geoscience) In your own words why might this assessment be considered important? (Think uniformitarianism vs. catastrophism and their repercussions)

28. What has been the reaction of the scientific community and educational committees to the discoveries of certain scientists regarding historical sources of continental drift, global Flood evidence and related findings and as a result does this information make it to the mainstream of the majority of the world's population? Why or why not? Give specific examples

29. What information is presented in the PDF regarding "Dating Earth, Continent Drift, Asteroid Impact and the Flood" and why is it significant? What's the argument within the field of geology and are both perspectives being equally portrayed in the education system? Why or why not?

30. What is uniformitarianism? Give evidence, if any, for the support of this view. What is catastrophism? Give evidence, if any, for the support of this view. Can both really be true? What are the implications of this question and why does it matter?

31. Has there been any suppression in the public-policy or scientific community regarding any one these views and why might this be so?

Attachment:- Dating_Earth_and_Continental_Drift_Asteroid_Impacs_and_The_Flood_Paper.pdf