We Can Use the Principle of Actualism If

question 28

Multiple Choice

We can use the principle of actualism if

• A) the rocks in question formed under conditions that no longer exist.
• B) we can simulate or replicate the conditions under which a rock formed.
• C) we know that the conditions responsible for the formation of these rocks still exist, but at such great depths beneath Earth's surface that we cannot observe them.
• D) the conditions exist today, but produce the rocks over a long interval of geologic time.

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