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

question 4

Multiple Choice

"The present is the key to the past" is the uniformitarian concept that ________.

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

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