Chpt. 3 Sec. 1

Question 1

A farmer and scientist in Scotland. Studied rock formations in Scotland and England. His work led to modern geology.

Answer 1

James Hutton

Question 2

The same geological processes that shape the earth today have been shaping the earth through history and it has been a gradual slow change. (Ex. Erosion and Deposition)

Answer 2

Uniformitarianism

Question 3

Material from space and earth

Answer 3

Debris

Question 4

The study of past life; organisms that inhabited our planet and the conditions they lived in.

Answer 4

Paleontology

Question 5

Study animals without backbones

Answer 5

Invertebrate paleontologists

Question 6

Study animals with backbones

Answer 6

Vertebrate paleontologists

Question 7

Study fossils of plants

Answer 7

Paleobotanist

Question 8

A rare geological change that happens suddenly

Answer 8

Catastrophism

Mountains, seas, canyon form during catastrophes

Question 9

British geologist that wrote principles of geology. Like Hutton he believes that the process of change happens gradually (uniformitarisnism)

Answer 9

Charles Lyell

Question 10

What does modern geology believe?

Answer 10

A happy medium. They combine both principles, they believe most geological change is gradual , but some catastrophes cause change too.

Question 11

The study of earth rocks

Answer 11

Geology

Question 12

The same changes today are the same changes that happened in the past

Answer 12

Theory of earth