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Why can a geologist use rocks from Earth to learn how long ago Earth formed?

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Answer:

the decay of long-lived radioactive isotopes of elements that occur naturally in rocks and minerals

Step-by-step explanation:

The ages of Earth and Moon rocks and of meteorites are measured by the decay of long-lived radioactive isotopes of elements that occur naturally in rocks and minerals and that decay with half lives of 700 million to more than 100 billion years to stable isotopes of other elements.

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