A common opinion concerning the creationism versus evolution controversy is the idea that Earth was created fairly recently but that it was created with fossils and other evidence of great age already present, so that Earth has the appearance of
being very old even though it is really quite young. This opinion is best classified as
A) a scientific hypothesis for which there is currently insufficient evidence.
B) a scientific opinion that is probably incorrect.
C) nonscientific because it contradicts common sense.
D) nonscientific because there is no conceivable scientific way to disprove it.
E) a scientific opinion that is certainly incorrect.
D
You might also like to view...
A horizontal 52-N force is needed to slide a box across a flat surface at a constant velocity of 3.5 m/s. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor?
A) 0.11 B) 0.09 C) 0.10 D) 0.13
When a person stands 40 cm in front of a cosmetic (concave) spherical mirror, the upright image is twice the size of the object. What is the focal length of the mirror?
A) 27 cm B) 40 cm C) 80 cm D) 160 cm
Double-Slit Interference: In a double-slit experiment, the slit separation is 1.75 mm, and two coherent wavelengths of light, 425 nm and 510 nm, illuminate the slits. At what angle from the centerline on either side of the central maximum will a bright fringe from one pattern first coincide with a bright fringe from the other pattern?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Optical telescopes are intended for the study of _______________ light
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word