the false belef that the universe and all that is in it originated by natural process over billions of years
index fossil
a fossil considered to be haracteristic of a specfic period
eohopper
dog-sized mammal onced thought to be the ancestor of the horse
special creation
the belief that God called the unicerse and all that is in it into existence out of nothing or "ex nihilo"
limestone
the type of rock most commonly associated with caverns
uniformatarionism
the false belief that all geoplogical processes have always proceeded at the same rate
mass wasting
genera term for movements of rock and soil caused by gravity
ice wedging
a type of physical weathring that occurs when rainwater or melted ice soaks into tiny cracks in a rock and freezes, splitting the rock
puctuated equilleibrium hypothesis
the evolutionary hypothesis that states new kinds of organisms arise as a result of drastic environmental changes, whick cause the species to radically changed in just a ew generations
exfoiation
a type of echanical weathering involving the breaking or peeling away of rock layers, often associated with granite
neandrathal man
presently is now recognized as 100% human
stalogmight
a spirelike mass of dripstone on the floor of a cave
natural selection
the idea that the fittest and strongest of each species are more likely to survive and reproduce than weaker of unfit members of the species
delta
a fan-shaped deposit of sediments that forms at the mouth of a river
louds
the sediments carried by a stream
oxbow lake
a type of lake formed when a sharp curve in a river is cut off from the rest of the river
stria
large, deep grooves and scratches in rock, produced by glaciers
meander
a winding, looping curve in the course of a river on a soft, flat flood plain
leoss
deposits of clay and silt left by a sandstorm
Charles Darwin
popularized evolution with the book On the Origin of Species
homo habilis
a 3-foot tall,chimpanseelike "missing link" wronly classified in the same genus as man
flood plain
a region of level or nearly level land bordering a river, that becomes coveredby river water in flood time
Charles Lyell
the geologist who popularized uniformitarianism
weathering
the process by which rocks are brokn down by the forces of nature
seymoria
a "missing link" one thought to be a transtional form between amphibans and reptiles; nowrecognized as a true amphibian
transitional forms
a hypothetical fossil that would sho signs of evolving from ne kind of oganism onto another; a "missing link"
dranage basin
the region of land drained by a stream or river system
astralopithecines
group of extinct apes o which "lucy" belongs
fossils
th preserved remains of plants, animals, or huans in sedimentary rock
carbonic acid
a natural acid found in rainwater and ground water that promotes chemical weathering of rocks
coeleconth
a "missing link" once thought to be a transitional form between fish and amphibians; found alive in 1938 and discovered to be 100% fish
sea stack
a pillar-like structure of rock formed when the middle of a sea arch collapses
homo erectus
"upright man"
ice age
te period of history during which much of the earths high latiturdes were apparently covered wit glaciers
drumln
a low hll formed when a glacier overruns a moraine
theistic evolutin
a modified for of evolutionary hypothesis that attpmts to reconcile the Bible and evolution
abrasian
sandblasting action ofwindblown sand
paleontology
the study of fossils
levee
a natural ridge alog the edge of a river channel
geological colum
a hypothetical time scale devised by evolutionists that supposedly charts both the earth's history and the sequence of the rock layers in the earth's crust
archeopleryx
a "missing link" once thought to be a transitional form between reptiles and birds; now considered a true bird
carst regions
regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant
morains
the piles of debris left behind when a glacier melts
water table
the level of standing ground water beneath the earths surface
aluvial sand
a fan-shaped deposit of sediments at the mouth of a dry stream bed in the desert
erosian
the process by which soil, sand, or rock fragments produce by weathering are carried away by wind or water
principle of uniformaty
states that the same scientific laws in operation today have existed throughout the earth's history
polly strat
fossil that extend through several strata
nowhere
where is the geological column found in it's entirety in the earth's crust?
lack of transitional
what is the most important evidence agains evolution in the fossil record?
plating grass/ tarrasing/ planting trees, grass, and other vegitation/ strip cropping / finses/ drainage system/ dams and levees
list three ways to prevent erosion:
physical/ chymical
list two types of weathering:
continental/ valley
list two types of glaciers:
cresent/ parabolic/ transverse
list three types of sand dunes:
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Know the difference between Speciese and Evolution
Ch.18 LTI-MA 509
