Which of the following statements is FALSE about the concept of uniformitarianism as related to natural disasters?

a. If you have earthquakes in a location, then you will probably have them there in the future.
b. Natural disasters are a natural part of the Earth, humans can do nothing that will affect them.
c. The processes that caused the erosion of the land have been doing their work since the Earth's formation.
d. The reason why volcanoes erupt today is the same as it was in the past.
e. All of the above statements are true about uniformitarianism.

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Answer:

Option E

Explanation:

In simple words, uniformitarianism can be understood as the belief that Planet's geologic mechanisms worked in the very same way and with roughly the same strength in the history like they do now, and that this regularity is enough to explain all geologic changes.

In the given case, all the options are stating the same relation between past and present hence the correct option is E.