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Why do some minerals display the property known as “fracture”?

As understood by modern geologists, acceptance of the principle of uniformitarianism implies that ____________.

Atoms of different elements “sticking together” (making compounds) via outermost electron-sharing is called an/a _________ bond.   

From greatest to least “packages” of time, the geologic time scale is divided into _____.

Hawaii is part of a linear island chain transitioning to the Emperor seamounts farther to the northwest: Why are the seamounts not as high as the Hawaiian Islands are?

The concept that most closely considers igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic materials with geologic processes, and their inter-relationships over long geologic time spans: _______

 Sea-floor spreading is closely associated with tensional forces _______________.

If a flood is classified as a “1000-year flood”,  that means ____________.

Wegener proposed ____ after he observed evidence from ____, glacial deposits, and the fit of the continents that suggested all of the continents were ____.

The point at the surface of the Earth where the greatest and most immediate energy associated with an earthquake is felt, is termed the ___________.