Can scientists use the same principles they use to study Earth’s history to study also the history of other planets?​

Scientists use the geologic time scale to illustrate the order in which events on Earth have happened. ... They used relative dating to divide Earth's past in several chunks of time when similar organisms were on Earth. Later, scientists used absolute dating to determine the actual number of years ago that events happened.

heat from the core of the earth causes convection currents to occur in the mantle. these currents slowly move the crust around.