A Fault Is a Break in the Earth's Surface or Crust

question 123

True/False

A fault is a break in the Earth's surface or crust without horizontal or vertical displacement.

---

Definitions:

Glomus

A peripheral chemoreceptor that is primarily involved in regulating respiratory activity in response to changes in blood gases.

Metarteriole

One of the small peripheral blood vessels that contain scattered groups of smooth muscle fibers in their walls; located between the arterioles and the true capillaries.

Nutrients

Substances obtained from food that are essential for growth, metabolism, and overall health.

Gases

Substances that exist in the gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure.