Question

Geologist James Hutton argued that the geologic processes occurring today have occurred since the formation of Earth. This idea is known as:

A. uniformitarianism.
B. superposition.
C. original horizontality.
D. principle of inclusions.

Answer 1

The answer is (A)!! I just took the quiz and it was correct!

Answer 2

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. Geologist James Hutton argued that the geologic processes occurring today have occurred since the formation of Earth. This idea is known as uniformitarianism. It is the principle that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past .