Answer:
D) the steady, clocklike decay of certain radioactive isotopes over time.
Explanation:
Geologists use radiometric dating to estimate how long ago rocks formed, and to infer the ages of fossils contained within those rocks.
For example, when rocks are formed, such as igneous rocks (formed when molten rocks cools), certain radioactive atoms are trapped inside the rocks during this formation process. Then these radioactive atoms decay over time.
The age of the rock can be estimated by comparing the occurring radioactive isotope within the material to the abundance of its decay products, which form at a known constant rate of decay.
From the options;
A) this is about the formation of the radioactive molecules and not about radiometric dating
B) this is radiocarbon dating (cabon dating/carbon-14 dating)
C) the <em>assumption </em>is wrong since the radioactive isotopes decays not accumulate.
D) the corect option as I explained earlier.
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Seismic waves are sent through the earth during earthquakes, and those
energy waves are what cause the ground to shake as they travel through
it.Seismic waves travel at different speeds when they pass through
different types of material, so by studying seismograms, scientists can
learn a lot about Earth's internal structure.Body waves are seismic
waves that travel through Earth's interior, or its 'body.' Surface waves
are seismic waves that travel through Earth's surface.Surface waves are
important, but they don't provide much information about what happens
below the surface. For this, we need to study body waves so that we can
see what Earth's 'body' is like.
There are two types of body waves, called P waves and S waves. P
stands for primary waves because these waves travel the fastest and are
detected first. S stands for secondary waves because these are slower
than P waves, arriving second on the seismogram.
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I would say that the Rocky Mts were the youngest of all these mountain ranges as they were created between 80-55 million years ago during the Laramide Orogeny and also they are generally much taller than the other mountain ranges mentioned here which is a characteristic of young mountain ranges and their features are sharper as they haven't been eroded the way most of these others have so have been subject to erosion for less time than the others.
