PHSC 210 Quiz: The Ice Age | Full Questions and Answers | 2026 Graded
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Question 1
According to the Bible, what event coincides with geologic evidence of past
volcanic activity?
The Exodus
The Genesis flood
The Tower of Babel
The birth of Jesus
Question 2
What would warmer oceans lead to after receding off the continents?
Less snowfall
More snowfall
Increased desertification
Decreased precipitation
Question 3
What is the period for the most recent Ice Age according to the Old Earth View?
Quaternary
Cambrian
Pre-Cambrian
Cretaceous
Question 4
What geological features are mentioned as forming due to post-flood volcanism?
Coral reefs
Volcanic plateaus
Sand dunes
River valleys
Question 5
What would aerosols from flood-associated volcanoes do?
Increase sunlight reaching Earth
Reflect sunlight away from Earth
Warm the Earth’s surface
Decrease volcanic activity
Question 6
What caused the glaciers to retreat according to the Young Earth View?
Increased volcanic activity
A decrease of volcanism
Meteor impacts
Tectonic shifts
Question 7
What ironic condition is needed to start an Ice Age?
Colder sea surface temperatures
Warmer sea surface temperatures
Increased sunlight
Decreased volcanic activity
, Question 8
What city in the United States has drumlins?
Miami, Fl
Boston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles, California
St. Louis, Missouri
Question 9
What did dramatic volcanic eruptions release into the waters?
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
Magma and steam
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Sulfur and methane
Question 10
What geologic process helped form Cape Cod, Massachusetts?
Volcanic activity
Glaciation
Earthquakes
River erosion
Question 11
What would warmer sea surface temperatures cause?
Less water vapor
More water vapor
Increased ice melting
Decreased snowfall
Question 12
What event does the Young Earth View associate with the Ice Age?
The extinction of dinosaurs
The global flood of Noah
The formation of the Grand Canyon
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Question 13
Which location is most likely to not have glacial features?
Hartford, Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts
Bangor, Maine
New Orleans, Mississippi
Question 14
Which geologic period(s) is/are associated with the Ice Age that occurred around
360 to 260 million years ago?
Pre-Cambrian
Permian-Pennsylvanian
Jurassic
Cretaceous
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Question 1
According to the Bible, what event coincides with geologic evidence of past
volcanic activity?
The Exodus
The Genesis flood
The Tower of Babel
The birth of Jesus
Question 2
What would warmer oceans lead to after receding off the continents?
Less snowfall
More snowfall
Increased desertification
Decreased precipitation
Question 3
What is the period for the most recent Ice Age according to the Old Earth View?
Quaternary
Cambrian
Pre-Cambrian
Cretaceous
Question 4
What geological features are mentioned as forming due to post-flood volcanism?
Coral reefs
Volcanic plateaus
Sand dunes
River valleys
Question 5
What would aerosols from flood-associated volcanoes do?
Increase sunlight reaching Earth
Reflect sunlight away from Earth
Warm the Earth’s surface
Decrease volcanic activity
Question 6
What caused the glaciers to retreat according to the Young Earth View?
Increased volcanic activity
A decrease of volcanism
Meteor impacts
Tectonic shifts
Question 7
What ironic condition is needed to start an Ice Age?
Colder sea surface temperatures
Warmer sea surface temperatures
Increased sunlight
Decreased volcanic activity
, Question 8
What city in the United States has drumlins?
Miami, Fl
Boston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles, California
St. Louis, Missouri
Question 9
What did dramatic volcanic eruptions release into the waters?
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
Magma and steam
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Sulfur and methane
Question 10
What geologic process helped form Cape Cod, Massachusetts?
Volcanic activity
Glaciation
Earthquakes
River erosion
Question 11
What would warmer sea surface temperatures cause?
Less water vapor
More water vapor
Increased ice melting
Decreased snowfall
Question 12
What event does the Young Earth View associate with the Ice Age?
The extinction of dinosaurs
The global flood of Noah
The formation of the Grand Canyon
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Question 13
Which location is most likely to not have glacial features?
Hartford, Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts
Bangor, Maine
New Orleans, Mississippi
Question 14
Which geologic period(s) is/are associated with the Ice Age that occurred around
360 to 260 million years ago?
Pre-Cambrian
Permian-Pennsylvanian
Jurassic
Cretaceous
