Question

Which is an application of the principle of uniformitarianism?

A.
ordering a group of fossils from largest to smallest

B.
examining a rock to find out what minerals are in the rock

C.
studying a modern river valley to learn about how ancient rock layers formed

D.
counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

studying a modern river valley to learn about how ancient rock layers formed [C]
-The principle of uniformitarianism is the principle that the answers to the past can be found in the present.......

Answer 4

Uniformitarianism, in geology, the doctrine suggesting that Earth's geologic processes acted in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity in the past as they do in the present and that such uniformity is sufficient to account for all geologic change.

Answer 5

studying a modern river valley to learn about how ancient rock layers formed processes and that have always operated in the universe now and have always operated in the universe in the past- uniformitarianism