Question

Earthquakes occur on the earth today, so we can assume they occurred in the past.

Which important geologic principle does this sentence support?

A.
faunal succession

B.
superposition

C.
uniformitarianism

D.
original horizontality

Answer 1

The answer is:  [C]:  uniformitarianism .
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(which is the doctrine that states: "the present is the key to the past").
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