. _____ can occur when water-saturated soil turns from a solid to a liquid as a result of an earthquake. 

Half life is the time it takes for a given amount of a radioactive isotope to decay to half its original amount

Longshore currents transport most of the beach sand parallel to the shoreline.

Sandstones and gravels make the only aquifers; no other rocks are useful.

The greater part of the sand from most beaches comes from ____. 

Deep rocks behave as _____ material under stress rather than breaking. 

A(n) _________ aquifer is completely filled with water under pressure and is separated from the surface by an aquitard.  

The most important concentration of earthquakes in the world is the Mediterranean-Himalayan Belt.

An area with many sinkholes and caves is said to have ___ topography. 

When a well is pumped, water flows into the well bore to replace the pumped water. This results in deformation of the water table around the well. What is this deformed area called?