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1 .
As erosion lowers the peaks of mountains, isostatic adjustment gradually lowers the mountains in response.
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False
2 .
Strike-slip faults that are associated with plate boundaries are called transform faults.
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False
3 .
Under surface conditions, rocks that exceed their elastic limit behave like a brittle solid and fracture.
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False
4 .
Most mountain building occurs in tensional environments.
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False
5 .
Where the axis of an anticline descends to the ground, the fold is said to be plunging.
True
False
6 .
In large basins that contain sedimentary rock sloping at low angles, the oldest rocks are found near the center of the structure.
True
False
7 .
Most major episodes of mountain building have occurred along divergent plate boundaries.
True
False
8 .
Fault-block mountains are common in the Basin and Range Province of the southwestern United States.
True
False
9 .
Terrane refers to any crustal fragment whose geologic history is distinct from that of adjoining fragments.
True
False
10 .
The Appalachians resulted from collisions between North America, Europe, and northern Africa.
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False
11 .
Aleutian-type subduction zones occur where two oceanic plates converge.
True
False
12 .
Most folds result from compressional stresses in the crust.
True
False
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