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| What do you get if you melt quartz and cool it quickly? |
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| A guess after many years of testing by many people |
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| state where most of our iron comes from |
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| The study of the origination and change of the physical and biological parameters of the earth through geologic time |
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| Why was geology originally started? |
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| blocks that are made out of clay |
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| Mineral mined in LA that is used by petrochemical |
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| large scale open water wave |
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| mineral solid used to make steel |
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| a break in the rock across which movement occurs |
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| Where did the largest earthquake in the US occurs? |
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| area where hydroelectricity is most important |
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| how scientist decide what data they have to collect |
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| mineral mined in LA that is used primarily in petrochemical reactions |
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| primary component of steel |
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| an energy resource which is responsible for about 3% of US power grid |
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| first step in the scientific method |
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| the earth resource second only to petroleum in economic importance |
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| what a scientist must do with a theory |
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| a soft light metal used in beer cans |
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| The source of most aluminum in the US |
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| the kind of coal found in LA |
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| the mineral they use to make sound boards |
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| the birth stone that is not a mineral |
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| oldest known geologic study |
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| commercially available mineral crystals |
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| energy released by faults |
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| a guess in the scientific method |
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| what do you get if you melt down meteorites and cool them in a mold? |
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| what is necessarily true in science? |
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| what do scientists call an alternative hypothesis that has not been disproven |
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| the economically most important energy resource |
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| a secondary energy resource in LA |
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| common cause for lack of fit |
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| common cause for lack of fit |
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| the period of time between continental drift and plate tectonics |
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| upthrown blocks during tensional mountain building |
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| force which results in horst and grabben faulting |
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| fit at the edge of the continent |
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| first line of evidence for continental drift |
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| north and south magnetic poles swapping ends |
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| flat topped volcano on the deep sea floor |
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| force which result in large scale folding |
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| deep water next to a continent |
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| shallow water in the middle of oceanic basins |
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| ponited volcano on the deep sea floor |
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| accuracy of shoreline fit |
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| downthrown blocks during tensional mountain building |
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| oceanographic evidence which found shallow water in the center of oceanic basins |
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| number of species in the gangamopteris-glossopteris forest community |
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| lithological distinct body of rock with recognizable upper and lower boundaries which occurs on a mappable scale |
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| scratches that were evidence of moving ice |
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| movement of magnetic poles across north america |
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| down fold during compression |
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| source of south american glacial striations |
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| the other cause of lack of fit |
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| average depth of the shelf slope break |
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| small dinosaur used as evidence of a super continent composed of at least south america and africa |
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| who disproved the model of continental drift? |
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| number of formations that are continuous between africa and south america |
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| upwarped during compression |
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| where do you find the oldest oceanic crust? |
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| father of continental drift |
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| first evidence that south america and africa were together |
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| accuracy of fit at the shelf slope break |
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| cause of Hawaiian islands |
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| cause of the formation of convection cells |
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| magma cooled on the surface |
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| ancient island arc system |
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| terrestrial transform fault |
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| site of destruction of lithospheric plate |
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| site of oldest oceanic crust |
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| straight line of volcanoes |
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| source of yellowstone heat |
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| boundary where trenches occur |
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| cause of mid oceanic ridge |
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| result of a modern continent continent collision |
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| magma cooled beneath surface |
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| site of discovery of exotic terrains |
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| belt of rocks with the same magnetic preference |
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| method of continental growth |
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| boundary where plates move past one another |
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| secondary cause of sea level rise |
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| boundary where oceanic crust is formed |
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| pointed volcano in deep sea |
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| type of wave which travels the fastest |
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| result from earthquakes through saturated sediments |
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| best use for area challenged by a geologic hazard |
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| type of motion which causes most damage to infrastructure |
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| plunging zone of earthquake activity |
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| organism which predicts earthquake earliest |
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| cause of over 2000 earthquakes in central US |
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| downslope movement of regolith |
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| damaged by differential movement |
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| site of largest earthquake in North America |
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| site of largest measured earthquake in the US |
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| geologists who study earthquakes |
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| break in rock across which movement occurs |
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| result of energy deforming the surface |
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| position on surface directly above the break |
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| safest material for houses in an earthquake zone |
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| site of first break in rock |
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| earthquake cause of damage to tall buildings |
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| type of wave which causes the most damage |
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| caused the most damage in the 1906 San Francisco Quake |
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| scale based on relative damage to human structures |
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| site of most deep focus earthquakes |
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| break in rock across which there is no movement |
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| mass wasting event underneath the ocean |
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| kind of wave where particles move perpendicular to the direction of dispersal of energy |
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| paper trace of earth movement |
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| first consequences of gas leak |
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| scale which measures magnitude |
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| large high energy wave passing through deep water |
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