At the San Andreas Fault, the Pacific Plate Is Moving

question 53

Multiple Choice

At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the southeast moving North American Plate. Therefore, movement along the San Andreas is:

• A) compressional
• B) tensional
• C) right-lateral
• D) left-lateral
• E) vertical

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Definitions:

F Table

A table used in statistics to determine the critical values of the F-distribution, useful in analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, often associated with the number of independent pieces of information available to assess a parameter or fit a model.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

T-table

A table used in statistics to determine critical values for the t-distribution, useful for hypothesis testing or setting confidence intervals.