The Payment to Land Is Called

question 285

Multiple Choice

The payment to land is called:

• A) rent.
• B) wages.
• C) interest.
• D) profit.

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Definitions:

Fault Scarp

A step in the landscape caused when fault movement offsets Earth’s surface.

Columnar Joints

Distinctive polygonal shapes formed in volcanic rock due to contraction as it cools, creating pillar-like formations.

Cleavage

The tendency of a mineral to break along flat, even surfaces as determined by the structure of the mineral’s crystal lattice.

Hogback

Any ridge with a sharp summit and one slope inclined approximately parallel to the dip of layers, resembling in outline the back of a hog.