Some strike-slip faults are big enough to accommodate movement between two tectonic plates

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


Answer: TRUE

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Divergent plate boundaries are present under continents during the early stages of continental breakup. When magma wells up beneath a continent, the crust is initially elevated, stretched, and thinned, producing ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Schedules of taxes or duties levied on products as they cross national borders are called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A study of the spatial distribution of the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and the environmental factors that control that distribution would be an example of a topic studied in

A) biogeography. B) pedology. C) zoogeography. D) zoology. E) systematics.

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A pharmaceutical company wishes to study a possible new headache medicine. They are doing human trials with 1000 volunteers and need to ________

A) put all women in the control group and all men in the experimental group B) give both control and experimental groups the same amount of the new medication C) control for the type of headache—stress, migraine, or other causes D) have 10 volunteers in the control group E) divide the groups by level of health

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