Earth's Story and Those Who First Listened

The principle of uniformitarianism states that

What evidence suggests that the extinction of dinosaurs was the result of a catastrophes?

Who is responsible for outlining the principle now called uniformitarianism?

Principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly

The study of the history of the Earth

What do scientists believe about catastrophes?

Which was NOT observed by Hutton when he developed the idea of uniformitarianism?

The study of past life using fossils

What is the name of section 1?

Scientists who study past life using fossils

Rare, sudden events that cause change

Remains of organisms preserved by geologic processes

The author of Theory of the Earth

States that past geologic processes can be explained by current geologic processes

The idea that the same geologic process shaping the Earth today has been at work forever: