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When sedimentary layers are first formed the sediments fall in horizontal layers

A. Uniformitarianism
B. Principle of faunal succession
C. Principle of superposition
D. Principle of original horizontality

Scientist today believe that as the earth formed different types of life came into being at different times so geologically when fossils found in rock layers are considered it is believed that identification of the fossils can help determine the age of the sedimentary rock layer The fossil is found in

A. Uniformitarianism
B. Principle of faunal succession
C. Principle of superposition
D. Principle of original horizontality

The belief that the processes at work today that shape the face of the earth that were at work in the past it is more important to understand that not only did the processes occur in the past but they that they occur at the same rate and in the same way

A. Uniformitarianism
B. Principle of superposition
C. Principle of faunal succession
D. Principle of original horizontality

The principle states that In layers of rock that have been undisturbed geologist say undeformed the lowest layers formed first then the next and the next and so on the top layer that puts the oldest layer on the bottom and the layers get younger and younger as you go up

A. Uniformitarianism
B. Principle of faunal succession
C. Principle of superposition
D. Principle of original horizontality