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Science
Earth unit
| Question / Word | Answer / Definition |
|---|---|
| Mountain range | a group a of adjacent mountains with the same general shape and structure |
| Mountain system | a group of adjacent mountain ranges |
| Mountain Belts | the two largest mountain systems in the world |
| anticline | a fold of rock layers that slope downward on boths sides of a common crest |
| compression | an area of longitudinal wave where particles of the medium are close together |
| fault | a break in Earth's crust |
| folding | bending layers of rock |
| monocline | a set of rock loyers that all slope downward from the horizontal in the same direction |
| plateau | a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons |
| shearing | to take off by friction of like materials |