الطبيعية

What principle explains how past geological processes can be understood by looking at current ones?

• Stratification

• Catastrophism

• Uniformitarianism

• Evolution

What do scientists study to understand how features like the Grand Canyon were formed?

• Current rivers

• Animal fossils

• Weather patterns

• Plant growth

What is the method called that arranges rock layers from oldest to youngest?

• Geological mapping

• Relative dating

• Stratification

• Absolute dating

Which method provides the actual age of a rock?

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Layering

• Erosion

What does stratification refer to in geology?

• The study of fossils

• The layering of rocks

• The movement of tectonic plates

• The erosion of mountains