A _____ Study Is When Neither the Researchers nor the Participants

question 9

Multiple Choice

A _____ study is when neither the researchers nor the participants know who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group.

• A) pseudo-experimental
• B) double-blind
• C) placebo control
• D) single-blind

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Definitions:

Basalt

A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that is formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava at the Earth's surface.

Clasts

Fragments of geological detritus, such as minerals and rocks, formed by weathering and erosion.

Unconformity

A geological surface that represents a gap in the geological record, often due to erosion or lack of deposition over a period of time.

Cleavage

In geology, the tendency of minerals to break along flat, parallel surfaces related to the arrangement of atoms within the mineral.