Long term earthquake prediction is based on measurements of strain accumulation observations of things like animal behavior, radon gas emissions, and changes in topography measurements of the plate motions and rate of stress accumulation the assumption that large faults break in a cyclical manner.

The great scientist alfred wegener proposed that continents have moved, while other scientists such as t.c.chamberlin argued against wegener. wegener's ideas eventually won, and are now widely accepted, because: a) wegener's ideas were more beautiful, and so were favored by the intellectual elite.b) wegener's ideas did a better job of predicting the results of new observations and experiments.c) wegener's ideas appealed to dead white european males, whereas chamberlin's didn't.d) wegener's ideas appalled dead white european males, and we all know that in this politically correct era,dead white european males cannot get a fair shake.e) wegener won the nobel prize.

You have been tasked with sorting the rock samples shown into three categories, with two rocks in each category. what attribute would you use to sort these rocks? which rocks would be in each category? rocks: obsidian, coquina limestone, granite, soapstone,pumice, and gneiss.

Which of these fragmental sedimentary rocks would most likely form farthest from the land?