LT 5.6 - Mountain Building

What occurs during folding?

• When the rocks change color.

• When the rocks form and create a landslide.

• When the rock layers combine to create a mountain.

• When rock layer bend without breaking.

What are three kinds of mountains?

• Fault-Block, Volcanic, and Dormant

• Fault-Block, Folded, and Towering

• Folded, Mechanic, and Volcanic

• Folded, Volcanic, and Fault-Block

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. 

How do Fault-Block mountains form?

• When rocks bend without breaking

• When tension makes the lithosphere break and strain due to stress between the rocks.

• When domes form beneath the crust

• When tension makes the mountains rise up into the atmosphere.

In the process of isostatic rebound, mountains are eroded over hundreds of millions of years, while the crust below them ________ higher up in the mantle.

• rises

• sinks

• splits to form a rift

• converges at a boundary

What is deformation?

• Process when the rocks break apart or erode.

• Process of when rocks melt away.

• Process when rocks change shape under pressure.

• The way your bedroom looks before you clean it.

The tallest mountains on Earth are formed by _______________.

• oceanic to continental convergence
• ocean to ocean convergence
• continental to continental convergence
• hot spots

How do faults and folds compare?

• Faults are bends in rock where rocks move, and folds are breaks in rocks.

• Faults are breaks in rock where rocks move, and folds are bends in rock.

• Faults are bends in rock where rocks do not move, and folds are breaks in rock.

Many mountain ranges in the same area form a ____.

• Mountain

• Sister range

• Mountain Belt

• Sinkhole

What is another name for a mountain building period of time?

• Orogenic period

• Jurassic period

• Hot spots period

• Isostatic period