He inferred that similar changes had happened in the past. Uniformitarianism combines the idea of gradual change over time with Lyell's observations that such changes have occurred at a constant rate and are ongoing.
Convection currents, air flows towards the equators
DNA, short for deoxyribonucleic acid, is present in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and floats around in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells. DNA produces blueprints which RNA carry out to ribosomes to code for protein. You can say that DNA passes genetic material through generations.