Mountain Building Test

These raised plateau areas are produced where fault block mountains are being formed.

• Horst

• Rift

• Graben

• Plunging

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What occurs during folding?

• Rocks change color and break

• Rocks fall and create a landslide.

• Rock layers combine to create a mountain.

• Rock layers are squeezed & pushed upward

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How do Volcanic mountains form?

• When rock combines with water to create a tight structure for a mountain.

• When lava forms into an island.

• When molten rock erupts on earth surface, and creates a mountain structure.

• When rock and lava form a beach.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are two main types of folding?

• Horizontal and Vertical

• Synclines and Anticlines

• Up and down

• Bottom and Top

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The tallest mountain belts on Earth are formed by _______________.

• oceanic to continental convergence

• ocean to ocean convergence

• continental to continental convergence

• hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Grabens produce an elongated valley bordered by Horsts.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This mountain is the tallest in the world from base to the top:

• K2

• Everest

• Mauna Kea

• Matterhorn

Mountains where normal faulting occurs caused by tensional forces.

• Uplifted Mountain

• Volcanic Mountain

• Fault-block Mountain

• Island Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large area of flat land with high elevation is a....

• Plateau

• Continent

• Basin

• Plain

The balance between the downward weights of rock, water, and ice, and the upward, buoyant force exerted by the mantle is this.....

• isostasy

• landform

• erosional plateau

• elevation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2