GEOSCI 110 - EXAM 1 || ACKNOWLEDGED ANSWERS 100%.
Five Principles of Evolution correct answers Fossil record, Hierarchial structure, Biogeography,
Morphology, and DNA
Intelligent Design correct answers the theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen by
chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity.
Scientific Hypothesis correct answers A proposed explanation for an observed phenomenon;
must be testable
Scientific Theory correct answers Hypothesis that has withstood extensive testing by variety of
methods; explanation of some aspect of the world
Neoplatonism correct answers Fossils produced in rocks by molding force (vis plastica)
Aristotelianism correct answers Fossils are products of spontaneous generation from non-living
material
Niels Stenson (Steno) correct answers Solved tongue stone debate; Principle de Solido
Diluvialism correct answers The theory that earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
Leonardo da Vinci correct answers Fossil seashells as remains of ancient sea life
Steno's 3 principles of stratigraphy correct answers Superposition, original horizontality, original
lateral continuity
Robert Hooke correct answers Coined term cell, possible to use fossils to correlate strata
, William Smith correct answers Faunal succession; fossils from layer to layer of rock to correlate
layers across time
Three properties of Index Fossil correct answers Widespread in occurrence, short lifespan in
history, easily recognized
Biostratigraphy correct answers Relative dating technique using comparison of fossils from
different stratigraphic sequences to estimate which layers are older and which are younger
Georges Cuvier correct answers Comparative anatomy to support catastrophism and that species
don't live forever
James Hutton correct answers Father of modern geology; uniformitarianism
Uniformitarianism correct answers Charles Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed
throughout Earth's history.
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relations correct answers Younger features cut across older features
Principle of Inclusion and Enclosing correct answers Fragments of rock that are contained within
a host rock are older than the host rock.
Unconformities in the rock record correct answers Gaps in time/geological record
Rock cycle correct answers The series of processes that change one type of rock into another
type of rock
Charles Lyell correct answers Leading uniformitarianist, wrote Principles of Geology
Five Principles of Evolution correct answers Fossil record, Hierarchial structure, Biogeography,
Morphology, and DNA
Intelligent Design correct answers the theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen by
chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity.
Scientific Hypothesis correct answers A proposed explanation for an observed phenomenon;
must be testable
Scientific Theory correct answers Hypothesis that has withstood extensive testing by variety of
methods; explanation of some aspect of the world
Neoplatonism correct answers Fossils produced in rocks by molding force (vis plastica)
Aristotelianism correct answers Fossils are products of spontaneous generation from non-living
material
Niels Stenson (Steno) correct answers Solved tongue stone debate; Principle de Solido
Diluvialism correct answers The theory that earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
Leonardo da Vinci correct answers Fossil seashells as remains of ancient sea life
Steno's 3 principles of stratigraphy correct answers Superposition, original horizontality, original
lateral continuity
Robert Hooke correct answers Coined term cell, possible to use fossils to correlate strata
, William Smith correct answers Faunal succession; fossils from layer to layer of rock to correlate
layers across time
Three properties of Index Fossil correct answers Widespread in occurrence, short lifespan in
history, easily recognized
Biostratigraphy correct answers Relative dating technique using comparison of fossils from
different stratigraphic sequences to estimate which layers are older and which are younger
Georges Cuvier correct answers Comparative anatomy to support catastrophism and that species
don't live forever
James Hutton correct answers Father of modern geology; uniformitarianism
Uniformitarianism correct answers Charles Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed
throughout Earth's history.
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relations correct answers Younger features cut across older features
Principle of Inclusion and Enclosing correct answers Fragments of rock that are contained within
a host rock are older than the host rock.
Unconformities in the rock record correct answers Gaps in time/geological record
Rock cycle correct answers The series of processes that change one type of rock into another
type of rock
Charles Lyell correct answers Leading uniformitarianist, wrote Principles of Geology
