The rock on the underside of an inclined fault plane is called the footwall, and the rock on the upper side is called the ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


hanging wall

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For a rod in tension, what material class provides the highest specific critical-stress intensity factor?

(a) Steels (b) Titanium alloys (c) Aluminum alloys (d) Uni-ply composites (GFRP, CFRP, and KFRP)

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It can be shown that the change in entropy in heating or cooling a sample is given by the relation= mc ln where m is the mass of the sample, c is the specific heat of the sample, and and are the final and initial temperatures respectively. What is the change in entropy when 20 grams of aluminum with a specific heat of 0.900 J/gm K is cooled from 60.0 to 10.0

src="https://sciemce.com/media/4/c597f3a04fb2c30572.png" class="w-image" />C? A. +2.93 J/K B. +2.50 J/K C. 0.00 J/K D. -2.93 J/K

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When a body moves in circular motion at constant speed the velocity and acceleration point in opposite directions

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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