Which example is an application of the principle of uniformitarianism?

A.
using records of flood patterns to predict future flooding

B.
identifying minerals based on streak, color, and hardness

C.
using terrace farming to reduce soil erosion

D.
measuring the intensity of an earthquake

Question

Which example is an application of the principle of uniformitarianism?	
 
 A.
using records of flood patterns to predict future flooding
 
 B.
identifying minerals based on streak, color, and hardness
 
 C.
using terrace farming to reduce soil erosion
 
 D.
measuring the intensity of an earthquake

trantom · Answer

I think it's B, because despite A being about how things will follow the same rules as they do now, it's not as much a universal physics thing as a mechanical dynamics thing. 
Yea I say B.

trantom · Answer

Remember uniformitarianism is the idea that the way the universe works now is they way it always has and always will, which would make sense for B because the streak of the rock now is the same as it always has been and always will be.