Final answer:
Expansion is not a factor in the evolution of terrestrial-like worlds. Geological activity, which shapes these worlds, includes internal processes like tectonic activity, volcanism, and impacts from asteroids, rather than universal expansion. The correct answer is option: expansion
Step-by-step explanation:
The factor that is not a factor in the evolution of terrestrial-like worlds is expansion. When we consider the evolution of planets like Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury, we talk about geological activity.
This activity includes tectonic activity, which involves the movement of large plates that make up a planet's crust, volcanism which refers to volcanic activity or phenomena, impacts from planetary debris such as asteroids, and various processes that reshape the planet's surface, such as earthquakes, continental drift, mountain building, and the creation of features like the Hawaiian island chain due to volcanic eruptions.
Expansion, in a planetary context usually refers to the cosmological expansion of the universe and is not directly involved in shaping planetary geology.