A fold in which rocks fold down in the shape of a U is a(n)

A) anticline.
B) syncline.
C) monocline.


B) syncline.

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A breeder reactor is designed to

A. Operate on a very small scale B. Burn on multiple types of fuels, such as plutonium, uranium and thorium C. Be cooled with cadmium cooling rods D. Be safer than any other type of reactor E. Create fissionable plutonium from spent fission reactor fuel

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What kind of fans occur when sediment that the stream can no longer carry is deposited in a fan-shaped pattern?

A) loess B) alluvial C) rills D) fluvium

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Nitrogen gas, the major component of the atmosphere, cannot directly be used by plants and animals.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The San Andreas fault has shifted rocks hundreds of kilometers. For example, plutonic rocks on the Pacific Ocean (western)side of the fault have been displaced from southern

California to northern California, relative to rocks on the North American (eastern) side. The San Andreas fault is classified as a A) normal dip-slip fault. B) reverse dip-slip fault. C) right-lateral strike-slip fault. D) left-lateral strike-slip fault.

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