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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 dip-slip fault.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2
An anticline is a fold shaped like an arch.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3
A syncline is a fold shaped like a trough.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4
In a syncline, the youngest rocks are near the center of the structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5
In a syncline, all rock layers dip towards the fold axis.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
In a plunging syncline, the limbs open in the direction of plunge.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7
In an anticline, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8
In an anticline, the oldest rock layers are found near the center of the fold.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9
In a plunging anticline, the oldest rock layers are found near the surface exposure of 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 upward 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 to 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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