give a detailed response to each question: 1. The idea of Uniformitarianism is c
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1. The idea of Uniformitarianism is central to our understanding of not only the geologic timetable, but also of every scientific principle in every other science discipline that uses comparative knowledge and physical observations as the basis for forming hypotheses. Explain why this principle anchors almost all scientific research and has been embraced as a cornerstone of Geology.
2. Explain how gaps in the stratigraphy of rock formations in Colorado may be reconciled (filled in) by looking at stratigraphy in other locations around the world.
3. Carbon dating is used to determine the age of once living organisms that are up to about 60,000 years old. Why is carbon unreliable for fossils or organic materials older than that? Do you think there might be a way in the future to use carbon to date objects older than that?
4. The idea of the Principle of Superposition seems pretty obvious - things on top of other things were put down after the things under other things, and are therefore "younger" than the things under them. Why do you think it's important in science to state the obvious in these principles and not to just expect scientists everywhere to "get the idea" that things on top of other things are put down in order of youngest (on top) to oldest (on bottom)?
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Uniformitarianism is explaining how the which are natural laws operating now and operate as well as same natural laws in past. This means present is key to the past. By using this principal we can trance the wide history of the earth. For an example now a rivers do move form up gradient to down gradient as well as in the past a rivers did move in up gradient to down gradient. Apart from this we can identify volcanic eruptions and tectonic movements and continental drift.
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