Mountain Building C10: Lesson 3

Which mountains formed by collision and rifting?

• Hawaiian Islands

• Sierra Nevada mountain range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Basin and Range Province

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Which geographic feature is an example of volcanic mountains?

• Hawaiian Islands

• Sierra Nevada mountain range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Basin and Range Province

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Which geographic feature is an example of uplifted mountains?

• Hawaiian Islands

• Sierra Nevada mountain range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Basin and Range Province

Which geographic feature is an example of fault-block mountains?

• Hawaiian Islands

• Sierra Nevada mountain range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Basin and Range Province

___________ is the main force involved in the formation of folded mountains.

• Tension

• Compression

• Rifting

• Isostasy

Fault-block mountains form as _______ stresses act on rocks.

• tension

• compression

• natural

• stress

Uplifted mountains form as rocks move upward with little ___________.

• shape-shifting

• deformation

• celebration

• changes

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Unlike folding and faulting, weathering and erosion ____ ____ mountains.

• demolish

• knock down

• wear down

• eliminate

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How do mountains form? Correctly match each process to the sentence that copmletes it:

• The rocks form folds instead of faults.

• Plate movements produce stresses.

• Folded rock is exposed on the surface.

• Erosion removes part of the crust.

• Compression is created closer to the surface.

• Two continents collide.

• The crust gets hotter.

• Crust is pushed into the mantle and sinks.

• Earth's crust is pulled or compressed.

• Rocks become hot or are put under pressure.

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