Question

Who discovered that geological changes are cyclical?

A.) James Hutton
B.) Nicholas Steno
C.) William Smith
D.) Georges Cuvier

Answer 1

Answer: A James Hutton

James Hutton discovered that geological changes are cyclical. James Hutton is a Scottish farmer and a naturalist and is known as the father of geologist. Hutton suggested a theory that during a great flood,rocks were formed from the sediments.

Answer 2

Answer: James Hutton

Explanation:

• James Hutton is popularly known as the father of geology.

• He was a Scottish geologist who discovered that geological changes are cyclical.

• He opposed the existing views in the 1780s and proposed that the conditions on earth are not static and do not remain the way that they were created but instead go under cyclic changes.

• He proposed that earth is a dynamic system where there are cyclic erosion, deposition, and upliftment of substances.