SPACE
This type of meteorite is believed to be the best representation of the early solar system
What are chondrites
This type of igneous magma results in more explosive eruptions.
Felsic
One of the big three longest tenured professors/faculty.
Smith, Meert, Curtis
Name for a group of crows
Murder
___ and dip
strike
What is Olympus Mons
Most powerful volcanic eruption in HUMAN history
Mount Tambora
Where was the department located before moving to Williamson Hall?
Turlington Hall
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
This type of earthquake wave travels on the surface
S-wave
What is the shape of the earth?
oblate spheroid
This type of earthquake wave rolls along the ground with complex motion.
Rayleigh or R-wave
Name a married couple in the department (NOT the Dr.s Martinses)
Elardo and Williams
The shooting of whom was one of the causes of World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Nickname for William Smith, first person to connect fossil layers to intervals of time; faunal succession
The most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system
What is Io (Jupiter moon)
This disaster in Japan resulted from a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
Fukushima nuclear disaster
What did Dr. Smith's daughter find in the sandbox he made her.
A megalodon tooth
What animal causes the most deaths per year
Hippo
Name of a polymorph of quarts
Stishovite
What planetary body is Pluto tidally locked with in its orbit?
Charon
Currently "The Big One" is a 250-year 9.0 magnitude earthquake overdue by 322 years in this North American city.
Seattle
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO THE ROOF OF WILLIAMSON YOU GET 500
PLEASE
If you go directly south from Detroit, Michigan which country will you reach first?
Canada
This right lateral strike slip fault famously shifted during the 1989 world series