Module 16 Mountain Building Review

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.

What occurs during folding?

• Rocks change color.

• Rocks form and create a landslide.

• Rock layers combine to create a mountain.

• Rock layer bend under stress.

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The major force that forms folded mountains.

• compressional force
• impression force 
• depressions force
• plateau

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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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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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The tectonic processes and landforms of mountain building.

• orogeny

• depositional mountain

• topography

• orogenics

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By far the oldest major mountain range in the United States are these...

• Rockies

• Cascades

• Sierras

• Appalachians

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Continental material under mountains extending into mantle is called this by geologists....

• Roots

• Grabens

• Isostasy

• Columns

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After millions of years or erosion, the Appalachian Mountains still exist as roots because of _________.

• continental drift

• orogeny

• dynamic tension

• isostatic rebound

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The study if the shapes and features of the Earth's surface

• Photography

• Topography

• Geography

• Lithography

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