Question

Uniformitarianism

Choose one:A. can be illustrated by scientists' seeing pillow lava forming only underwater, then theorizing that pillow lava found high in the mountains today did nevertheless form underwater.

B. means that neither the scientific past nor the future should be predicted, because physical laws change over time

.C. means that the Earth's surface (its oceans, continents, and atmosphere) has always been the same and always will be the same.

D. is an outdated theory stating that catastrophes like major volcanic eruptions no longer happen.

Which of the following lists the four time divisions in order from 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 of uniformitarianism.

B. Henri Becquerel discovered principles of radioactivity, which led to the determination of the Earth's age.

C. James Hutton, the father of geology, added up generations of patriarchs in the Bible and concluded that the birth date of the Earth was October 23, 4004 B.C.E.

D. Charles Lyell correctly explained how fossils form, and he formulated some of the basic principles of relative dating.

Answer 1