People have found the Principle of Uniformity difficult to accept because they
A)couldn't believe that Earth was over 4 billion years old.
B)believed that geologic features were the result of catastrophic events.
C)couldn't accept the idea that mountains and canyons could be the result of slow, uniform changes.
D)All of the above.

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The Principle of Uniformity suggests that the Earth's features were formed by slow, gradual processes rather than sudden catastrophic events. People have found this difficult to accept for all the reasons listed: disbelief in the Earth's age, a belief in catastrophic geology, and skepticism that slow changes could create significant geological features.

People Have Found the Principle of Uniformity Difficult to Accept