Which of the Following Indicates That a Fault Is Present

question 115

Multiple Choice

Which of the following indicates that a fault is present in the center of this photograph?

• A) the rocks are folded into an anticline
• B) the offset and termination of the rock layers
• C) the dark coloring on rocks on the left side
• D) the lack of dark coloring on rocks to the right
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a sample statistic from the population parameter it estimates.

Mean

The average of a set of numerical values, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the number of terms in the set.

Confidence Interval

An interval of values, derived from statistics gathered from a sample, expected to cover the value of a hidden parameter in a population.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.