Uniformitarianism
Choose one:A. can be illustrated by scientists' seeing pillow lavaforming only underwater, then theorizing that pillow lava foundhigh in the mountains today did nevertheless form underwater.
B. means that neither the scientific past nor the future shouldbe predicted, because physical laws change over time
.C. means that the Earth's surface (its oceans, continents, andatmosphere) has always been the same and always will be thesame.
D. is an outdated theory stating that catastrophes like majorvolcanic eruptions no longer happen.
Which of the following lists the four time divisions in orderfrom oldest to youngest?
Choose one:A. Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
B. Hadean, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Proterozoic
C. Phanerozoic, Proterozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
D. Proterozoic, Mesozoic, Archean, Cenozoic
Identify the true statement.
Choose one:A. Archbishop James Ussher introduced the principle ofuniformitarianism.
B. Henri Becquerel discovered principles of radioactivity, whichled to the determination of the Earth's age.
C. James Hutton, the father of geology, added up generations ofpatriarchs in the Bible and concluded that the birth date of theEarth was October 23, 4004 B.C.E.
D. Charles Lyell correctly explained how fossils form, and heformulated some of the basic principles of relative dating.
