Jessica notices that her partner, jamie, is uncharacteristically quiet during dinner. despite their long history as a couple, she does not know how to interpret this silence due to which characteristic of nonverbal communication?

Ambiguity

Explanation:

Ambiguity is a fallacy or a phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning. Ambiguous words and phrases contain vagueness and confusion and shape the basis for instances for unintentional humor. It serves the deeper meaning of the words. It gives freedom to the reader to explore their meaning with the imagination. Communication could be difficult when ambiguous responses are received. Such as the case when trying to find out the information. It can be difficult when one has a new product cannot explain and nor describe it. When encountering such a person it will probably see that they are thinking of things but their words cannot describe the things.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)