Which of the following is an example of an Earth process being used to measure geologic time?

A.)

As a mountain range forms over the course of one year, a geologist records the date that each mountain peak rises along the mountain range.

B.)

Earth processes cannot be used to measure geologic time-measuring geologic time is only a random guess.

C.) The average rate at which a mountain range rises each year is used to estimate how long ago the range began to rise.

D.) A geologist uses a stopwatch to time the formation of a mountain as it rises thousands of meters from the sea.

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Leon Gomez

29 May, 16:33

Which of the following is an example of an Earth process being used to measure geologic time?

A.)

As a mountain range forms over the course of one year, a geologist records the date that each mountain peak rises along the mountain range.

B.)

Earth processes cannot be used to measure geologic time-measuring geologic time is only a random guess.

C.) The average rate at which a mountain range rises each year is used to estimate how long ago the range began to rise.

D.) A geologist uses a stopwatch to time the formation of a mountain as it rises thousands of meters from the sea.

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Emmalee Romero · Answer 1

C.) The average rate at which a mountain range rises each year is used to estimate how long ago the range began to rise.

Since geological time and movement takes place over a huge amount of time, most geologist measure the geological time by taking the average rate of almost all the sample and compare.