Earth Science Chapter 7 Review

the differences of land elevations in a region is called the

• topography

• isostasy

• monotony

• orogeny

the highest point of a mountain from sea level is the

• elevation

• actual height

• isostasy

the highest point of a mountain from its base is the mountain's

• actual height

• elevation

• isostasy

• relief

the longest mountain system in the world is the

• rockies

• Andes

• Himalayan range

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

the relief of a geological region would describe the

• changes in elevation above sea level in the area

• changes in relative height between the landforms in the area

• number of mountains in a region

• number of hills in a region

A mountain can be under water, or half under, half above water

• True

• False

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Using this contour relief map, Is the 1st mountain on the left steeper on the Northwest side or Southeast side?

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Neither, they are the same steepness

• impossible to tell

A tectonic mountain is the result of

• forces moving within the crust

• the erosion of material away from a previously standing landform

• the deposition of sediment in a new location due to wind or water

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Which type of plate movement could be the cause of tectonic mountains?

• convergent

• divergent

• a sinking or rising crust

• all of these

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Which kind of mountain shows strata in strange patterns, but still in layers, due to the strata being still soft when the landform was formed?

• fold mountains

• depositional mountains

• erosional mountains

• fault-block mountains