Which of the following is not a factor that prevented the early Earth from retaining much of an atmosphere prior to about 3.8 billion years ago?

The current leading idea for how to prevent large earthquakes is to

The tendency of some minerals to break preferentially in certain directions is called

In which of the following geologic environments would you be least likely to find metamorphic rock exposed at the Earth’s surface?

The image below shows a series of lagoons (light to medium green) along the southern coast of Australia that are periodically flooded by seawater.  Which of the following rocks would be most likely to form in these lagoons?

Fossil fuels originate from

Which of the following locations would be most likely to produce quiescent (gentle) volcanic eruptions?

Earthquakes trigger tsunamis when earthquakes

Which of the following is an example of a chemical sedimentary rock?

Which of the following is true of the New Madrid fault zone?