Which Best Describes the Assumptions of Uniformitarianism

question 164

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the assumptions of Uniformitarianism?

• A)Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.
• B)Catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.
• C)The same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time.
• D)Mountains,plains,and canyons formed by catastrophic events.

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Definitions:

Environmental

Pertaining to the natural and physical surroundings in which an organism lives, and how these surroundings affect behavior and development.

Behavior Systems Approach

The idea that learning evolved as a modifier of innate behavior systems and functions to change the integration, tuning, instigation, or linkages within a particular system.

Instinctive Behavior System

Innate, pre-programmed behaviors that are triggered by specific environmental cues.

Functional Features

Characteristics of an object or event that are relevant to the completion of an activity or task.