| Fermi paradox | “Where is everybody?” No evidence of countless numbers of technologically superior civilizations, any of which could have colonized our galaxy. |
| Fossils | A relic or trace of past life preserved in the rocks |
| “Freeze-fry” hypothesis | Some Proterozoic ice ages were global; certain rocks, believed to be from ancient ice ages, were marine and equatorial. |
| Gap Theory | Belief that there is a gap of indeterminate time between the first two verses of Genesis 1; sometimes called the ruin-reconstruction theory |
| G. H. Pember | Influential 19th century writer to popularize the Gap Theory in his book Earth’s Earliest Ages, first published in 1884 |
| Glacier | Large mass of ice that has accumulated from snow over the years, slowly moving from a higher place |
| Hemoglobin | Protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells |
| Historical or origins science | Determining conditions present when a rock first formed or how the environment affected a rock can only be studied through this science. |
| Homologous structures | Similar in structure and origin, but not necessarily in function |
| Horizon problem | Serious difficulty with Big Bang theory; light is required to travel distance greater than possible within the theory's timeframe of 14 billion years |
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