Description
Objective 4: Investigate geologic history.
Ohio Christian University espouses the Young-Earth view of Creation. In this section you will investigate and compare different views of Earth’s geological history.
Learning Activity #5: Geologic History Paper
- Read Chapters 6 and 7 in your textbook.
- For onsite students, come to class prepared to discuss questions 1, 2, and 5 from the Review Section in Chapter 6. Topics will include:
- Rules for reading rocks
- Fossil Formation
- Carbon 14
- Write a 2-3 page paper (500 to 750 words double spaced) comparing and contrasting the different theories of Earth’s history.
To achieve maximum points for content and analysis, the following elements need to be thoroughly addressed.
-Naturalistic Evolutionary view of Earth History versus Young-Earth Creation views of Earth History
-The geologic column
-Noah’s flood
-Challenges to each view
Explanation & Answer
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Topic: Theories of Earth’s history
Thesis statement: The various theories of Earth’s history face a number of challenges as
exemplified in the controversies pitting the church against the various proponents of evolutionary
theories pertaining to the Earth’s age.
Plan
The paper, therefore, is a comparative analysis of the various views of the Earth’s geological
history where different Earth’s history theories will be compared and contrasted.
Running head: THEORIES OF EARTH’S HISTORY
Theories of Earth’s history
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THEORIES OF EARTH’S HISTORY
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The Earth’s geological history is an examination of its major events in the past that are
based on a chronological measurement system of the geological time scale related to the study of
the stratigraphy of the Earth’s rock layers. It is believed that the Earth was formed some 4.5
billion years ago and various theories abound to explain its formation. The Earth’s geological
history in the span over 4.5 billion years has seen various phenomena as well as events that
widely separate parts of the world are correlated through the use of standardized time scale that
is internationally acceptable. The vari...