Question

The present is the key to the past. This statement rephrases the _____.


principal law of gravity

principle of original horizontality

principle of uniformitarianism

principle of cross-cutting relationships

Answer 1

The statement "The present is the key to the past" rephrases the **principle of uniformitarianism**. This principle suggests that the processes we observe in the present, such as erosion and sedimentation, have been occurring in a similar way throughout Earth's history.