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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