Science Experiments Earthquakes

Question: questions…. physical science…?
1.) meterology is the study of weather. in many situations it is difficult to perform experiments to draw conclusions about weather. for example, when trying to predict the path of a hurricane, it is impossible to create a hurricane in the laboratory for observation. which of these would a scientist need to use to study a large-scale events like hurricanes and earthquakes?
a.model
b.atomic accelerator
c.telescope
d.centrifuge
Use the following scenario to answer question 2.
An experiment is designed to test the effects of fertilizer on tomato plants. One group of plants is given fertilizer and another group is not. At the end of three weeks, the height of the plants is measured. Based on the measurements, the plants that were fertilized grew taller than the plants that were not.
2.) In this experiment, what is the technical name for the tomato plants that did not get fertilized?
a.experimental group
b.observation
c.theory
d.control group
Answer: 1) a
2) d
?!HOW CAN AN EARTHQUAKE SHORTER DAYS!? (Chili Earthquake & Haiti Earthquake)