Direct laboratory experimentation is often not possible in geological studies for all of the following reasons except that
A) the number of variables is typically large.
B) the rates of many Earth processes are very slow.
C) the experimenter must outlive the experiment.
D) Earth conditions can be easily controlled and duplicated.

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Direct laboratory experimentation is often not possible in geological studies because Earth conditions cannot be easily controlled and duplicated. The number of variables is typically large, the rates of many Earth processes are very slow, and the experimenter must outlive the experiment.

Direct Laboratory Experimentation Is Often Not Possible in Geological Studies