Homework Help - Geography (B)

Unit 4: Earth History Activity 2: Formation of a Theory Assignment 1 - Summative Complete the following assignment and submit your work to me within 24 hours. You will write a 5 paragraph expository editorial, which James Hutton might have written to demonstrate an understanding of the significance of paradigm shifts in the development of geological thinking in his day. Your report must contain the following: What is the age of the earth and how was this date arrived at? Discuss Archbishop James Ussher's contribution to catastrophism and how he came about the calculating the original age of the earth. Discuss Nicholas Steno's, James Hutton's William Smith's contribution to uniformitarianism and the modern viewpoint of geologic time. Complete the following assignment and submit your work to me in Word format. Create an illustration of the geological time scale and compare it to the history of Canada from early colonization to present day and create the scales necessary to present this data. You could use a "T" chart, flow chart software, webpage, video, etc. to create your illustration. Be creative in your response. Resources [login to view URL]~macrae/timescale/[login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows? (depending on the nature? of the deliverables): a)? For web sites or? other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software? installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform Word document within 24 hours.