Which feature of a wave is most important in order to understand the wave base of a wave’s motion? In other words, as this increases, the wave begins to “feel bottom” and agitate sediment.

What is the most important thing that all sedimentary rocks can tell you, specifically regarding depositional environment? 

What mainly causes agents of transport, like wind or water, to deposit sediment? 

A line of shallow earthquakes with little or no volcanism is likely evidence of what type of plate boundary?

 The observation that “23% of the sandstone is composed of the mineral quartz” is best characterized as a ________ observation.

If you find a rock with distinct foliation, how was this rock metamorphosed? 

What percent of the additional heat caused by human activities is being absorbed by the oceans?

Which of these would likely produce the most reliable absolute age of its formation from radiometric dating techniques? 

Why do scientists prefer quantitative data?

Which plate boundary has the largest and deepest earthquakes?