"The Present Is the Key to the Past" Is the Uniformitarian

question 12

Multiple Choice

"The present is the key to the past" is the uniformitarian concept that______ .

• A) the rates of geologic processes (erosion, sedimentation, volcanism) are invariant
• B) geologic processes give rise to the same types of products and features
• C) each mountain that is eroding today to produce river sediment has always done so
• D) rivers, seas, mountains, etc. are perpetual features of an unchanging landscape

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