Mountain Building

What are the four types of mountains?

• volcanic, uplifted, eroded, weathered

• Volcanic, Uplifted, Fault-block, Folded

• Folded, Subsidence, Plateau, Convergence

• Mesa, Plateau, Basin, Faut-block

Mountains that are made of layers of rocks that are folded are....

• Uplifted Mountains

• Fault-block mountain

• Folded Mountain

• Plateau

True or False

Volcanic mountains are formed as continental plates collide, folding and uplifting layers of rock.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mountains that form when large regions rise vertically with very little deformation

• folded mountains

• volcanic mountains

• uplifted moutains

• fault-block mountains

Parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up o down along faults.

• Uplifted Mountain

• Volcanic Mountain

• Fault-block Mountain

• None of the above

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As molten rock and ash erupt onto the Earth´s surface, it hardens. Over time, many eruptions can build huge ________

• Volcanic Mountains

• Fault-block mountains

• Uplifted Mountains

• Plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Plateau

• Continent

• Basin

• Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How do the interiors of continents usually look like?

• flat, only a few hundred meters above sea level

• Bumpy, it has manu mountains and basins

• it has the highest mountains

What are the two ways continents grow?

• Through the addition of igneous rocks by erupting volcanoes

• When tectonic plates carry island arcs, whole continents, or fragments of continents with them

• Continents to not grow

• By the weathering and erosion of mountains

Where are located most of the highest elevations of continents?

• at the center

• near the edges

• on the northern most part

• on the southern most part