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Define, these words in your own words

a fold

a joint

a fault

a syncline

and an anticline

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-Fold: bend in the rock strata
-Joint: a break of natural origin
-Fault: a crack in the Earth’s crust
-Syncline: forms when rocks are compressed
-Anticline: arch-shaped fold, oldest beds are at core
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