Most Geologic Processes Like Erosion, Sedimentation, Uplift, and Plate Motion

question 99

Multiple Choice

Most geologic processes like erosion, sedimentation, uplift, and plate motion ________.

• A)take place gradually but given the vastness of geologic time add up to big effects
• B)occur quickly in fits and starts, but mostly nothing is happening
• C)take place during cataclysmic floods and violent upheavals that transform Earth
• D)take place gradually but don't add up to much change in the long run

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