Geologists view many geologic processes from the perspective of plate tectonic theory in which plate interaction along plate margins is responsible for such phenomena as mountain building, earthquakes, and ___________________.
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Question 2Which principle states that fossil assemblages succeed one another through time in a regular and predictable order?
A)The principle of cross-cutting relationships
B)The principle of inclusions
C)The principle of fossil succession
D)The principle of uniformitarianism
E)The principle of superposition
Question 3What factors will determine which type strain a particular rock undergoes?
Question 4Magnetic surveys of the oceanic crust revealed a pattern of striped magnetic anomalies in the rocks that are both ____________________ and ____________________ around the oceanic ridges.
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Question 5A hiatus between igneous or metamorphic rocks and sedimentary rocks is represented in the rock record by a(n) ____.
A)angular unconformity
B)hiatal unconformity
C)nonconformity
D)anticonformity
E)disconformity
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