Geology True or False Quiz

Uniformitarianism is the assumption that current natural, earth-shaping processes also shaped it in the past at the same rate.

• True

• False

The plate tectonics theory began as a secular geologic idea.

• True

• False

Most scientists today believe that the earth is about 7000 years old.

• True

• False

All scientists believe that the world operates in regular patterns.

• True

• False

Geology involves both observing the earth and trying to make sense of its history.

• True

• False

Christian geologists shouldn’t make use of the principle of uniformity.

• True

• False

Most modern geologists are uniformitarians.

• True

• False

The natural processes that happen now have always happened and will continue to happen. This idea is called ________.

• sameness

• constantism

• unvaryism

• uniformitarianism

What law says that the geological processes of the past are the same as the ones happening now, and in the future?

• Geology

• Anthropology

• Continuity

• Uniformitarianism

Which best describes uniformitarianism?

• The time it takes for erosion to occur has changed since Earh was first formed.

• The movement of the continents no longer occurs because of ocean currents.

• The processes that shape the earth continue as they hace since Earth was first formed

• The formation of rock layers has slowed because of climate change.