GOL 105 Unit 1 Quiz and answers
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Which of the following statements are expressions of the idea of uniformitarianism? Check ALL that
apply (multiple correct answers possible).
a. The present is the key to the past.
b. Physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the past.
c. Noah's flood deposited all the sedimentary strata on Earth.
d. Earth's landscapes were shaped primarily by great catastrophes.
e. Canyons are produced by sudden, great worldwide disasters with unknowable causes that no longer
operate.
f. Canyons are carved (eroded) by running water over vast spans of geologic time. - correct answer
✔The present is the key to the past.
Physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the past.
Canyons are carved (eroded) by running water over vast spans of geologic time.
Igneous to Sedimentary
a. Uplift, weathering, transportation and deposition
b. Increased pressure and/or intense heating causing chemical reactions between minerals
c. Melting to make magma, followed by cooling and crystallization - correct answer ✔Uplift,
weathering, transportation and deposition
Igneous to metamorphic
a. Uplift, weathering, transportation and deposition
rated A+ 2025/2026
Which of the following statements are expressions of the idea of uniformitarianism? Check ALL that
apply (multiple correct answers possible).
a. The present is the key to the past.
b. Physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the past.
c. Noah's flood deposited all the sedimentary strata on Earth.
d. Earth's landscapes were shaped primarily by great catastrophes.
e. Canyons are produced by sudden, great worldwide disasters with unknowable causes that no longer
operate.
f. Canyons are carved (eroded) by running water over vast spans of geologic time. - correct answer
✔The present is the key to the past.
Physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the past.
Canyons are carved (eroded) by running water over vast spans of geologic time.
Igneous to Sedimentary
a. Uplift, weathering, transportation and deposition
b. Increased pressure and/or intense heating causing chemical reactions between minerals
c. Melting to make magma, followed by cooling and crystallization - correct answer ✔Uplift,
weathering, transportation and deposition
Igneous to metamorphic
a. Uplift, weathering, transportation and deposition
