Question

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

Answer 1

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

Explanation:

A geological time can be define as the time scale used to frame certain events which could have occurred in the history of earth. It is used by the paleontologists, geologists and archaeologists to show the time interval of the existence of a particular rock, landform and the fossil. On the basis of this explanation, The average rate at which a mountain range rises each year is used to estimate how long ago the range began to rise. is the correct option. As mountain is a kind of landform. The time of it's formation and destruction can be recorded in geological time.

Answer 2

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.