Question

The doctrine of ______ held that the major features of the surface of the earth were created by sudden, short-lived, violent events.

Answer 1

Answer:

catastrophism doctrine

Explanation:

catastrophism doctrine is referred to as a theory that defines the changes that occur in the earth crust due to physical forces in the past.

An example of catastrophism is a rocky mountain that occurs due to sudden events in the past, it is not due to slow uplift movement instead they are short-lived and violent events.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer to the following question will be "Catastrophism".

Explanation:

• The idea that perhaps the World has been largely influenced by abrupt, close to the end-lived, tragedies, probably of magnitude nationwide, is Catastrophism.
• This would be opposed to modern cosmology, in which gradual incremental improvements including erosion produced all the physical attributes of the Earth.
• This could mean that the mountain was formed not by imperceptibly gradual improvement and erosion in a singular sudden occurrence such as from an earthquake.

Therefore, it's the right answer.