Question

a b c d pick one
How will the Grand Canyon most likely look in one hundred years?


It will look different because the processes that are forming it occur over a long time scale.


It will look different because the processes that are forming it occur over a short time scale.


It will look the same because the processes that are forming it occur over a long time scale.


It will look the same because the processes that are forming it occur over a short time scale.

Answer 1

c — It will look the same because the geologic processes (river erosion, weathering, uplift) that shape the Grand Canyon act on very long (thousands–millions of years) time scales, so little visible change will occur in 100 years.