Imagine That You Are Reading a Journal Article and You

question 47

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are reading a journal article and you see the following sentence: "The study used a 2 x 2 x 4 design." Where are you likely to have encountered this sentence?

• A) The introduction
• B) The Method section
• C) The Results section
• D) The Discussion section
• E) The references

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Definitions:

Normal Faulting

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust.

Foliation

The repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks caused by the reorientation of minerals under directional pressure.

Lineation

The alignment of linear features, such as minerals or textures, within a rock that indicates a directional force or flow.

Deformed

Referring to rocks or earth materials that have been changed in shape or dimension under stress, such as during tectonic activity.