Match the characteristic of science with the discoveries related to the potential for mega-earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone.

Match the characteristic of science with the discoveries related to the potential for mega-earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone.

Group A:

  • Science is based on observations
  • Science is tentative
  • Science offers a natural cause for natural events
  • Scientific hypotheses are predictable and testable

Group B:

  • Did an earthquake kill the Washington trees?
  • Found in Japanese historical records
  • Sand layers in Chili
  • Trees rings tested
     


Science is based on observations -> Sand layers in Chili
Science is tentative -> Did an earthquake kill the Washington trees?
Science offers a natural cause for natural events -> Found in Japanese historical records
Scientific hypotheses are predictable and testable -> Trees rings tested

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