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Uniformatianisim

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  • Q1
    What is Uniformitarianism?
    The belief that all landforms on Earth were created in a single catastrophic event
    The theory that geologic processes are completely different from those in the past
    The theory that geologic processes that occur today are the same as those that occurred in the past
    The idea that geologic processes only occur in specific regions of the world
    30s
  • Q2
    Which scientist is credited with developing the concept of Uniformitarianism?
    Charles Darwin
    Albert Einstein
    Isaac Newton
    James Hutton
    30s
  • Q3
    Which principle is to be inferred from Uniformitarianism?
    Geological events are unpredictable
    The future is a reflection of the past
    The present is the key to the past
    The past shapes the present
    30s
  • Q4
    Which principle of relative age dating states that in a sequence of undeformed sedimentary rocks, the youngest layers are located on top while the oldest layers are found at the bottom?
    Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
    Law of Superposition
    Law of Original Horizontality
    Principle of Uniformitarianism
    30s
  • Q5
    Which principle of relative age dating states that an igneous intrusion or fault is younger than the rocks it cuts across?
    Law of Original Horizontality
    Law of Superposition
    Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
    Principle of Uniformitarianism
    30s
  • Q6
    Which principle of relative age dating states that sedimentary rock layers are originally deposited horizontally?
    Law of Superposition
    Principle of Uniformitarianism
    Law of Original Horizontality
    Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
    30s
  • Q7
    Which principle of relative age dating states that a rock or geologic feature that is included within another rock or feature is older than the rock or feature that contains it?
    Law of Superposition
    Law of Original Horizontality
    Principle of Inclusion
    Principle of Uniformitarianism
    30s
  • Q8
    The principle of uniformitarianism states that sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal layers.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q9
    The oldest rock layer in an undisturbed rock sequence occurs ____.
    below the sedimentary rock layer
    below the unconformity
    at the top of the sequence
    at the bottom of the sequence
    30s
  • Q10
    The remains of living plants or animals are called fossils.
    False
    True
    30s

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