Considering the Textbook's Definitions of Threat and Challenge,identify the Situation

question 15

Multiple Choice

Considering the textbook's definitions of threat and challenge,identify the situation below that is most likely to pose a threat rather than a challenge.

• A)You think you can probably make the basketball team,but only if you practice every day at home.
• B)You're asked to climb up a 20-foot rope hanging from the ceiling. You've climbed 10 feet before,but you've never climbed 20 feet.
• C)You've invited a professor to dinner and are trying a recipe you've never tried before.
• D)You are required to take a college course in nuclear physics,even though you failed basic physics in high school.

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Definitions:

Plate Tectonics

A theory in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of mostly rigid plates that move relative to one another, causing tectonic activity along these boundaries.

Tectonic Plate

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, part of the Earth's lithosphere, which moves and interacts with other plates in a process that shapes the Earth's surface.

Centimeters

A unit of length in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a meter.

Magnetic Stripes

Patterns of alternating magnetic polarity found on the ocean floor parallel to mid-ocean ridges, providing evidence for the theory of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading.