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Determine whether each of the statements below is true or false.



1

The San Andreas Fault is an example of a left-lateral strike-slip fault.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

An anticline is a downwarped fold.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

A syncline is an upwarped fold.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

In a syncline, the youngest rocks are on the limbs of the structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

In a syncline, all rock layers dip toward the fold axis.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

In a plunging syncline, the structure opens in the direction of plunge.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

In an anticline, the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

In an anticline, the oldest rock layers are found near the fold axis.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

In a plunging anticline, the oldest rock layers are found near the fold axis.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

A dome is a special case of an anticlinal structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Folds can be many kilometers long and many kilometers wide.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Dip-slip faults are characterized by vertical displacements.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

In a normal fault, the hanging wall is displaced downward relative to the footwall.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

Strike-slip faults are often associated with transform plate boundaries.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

Rocks deep beneath Earth's surface behave as plastic solids.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16

Folds result from brittle deformation of rocks.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17

There are no known left-lateral strike-slip faults in Earth.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18

Strike-slip faults are characterized by displacement parallel with the strike of the fault.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19

Dip-slip faults are characterized by mostly vertical displacements.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20

Stress and strain are the same thing.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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