Mountain Building Vocabulary

1. Which mountains formed by collision and rifting?

• A. Hawaiian Islands

• B. Sierra Nevada range

• C. Appalachian Mountains

• D. Basin and Range Province

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2. Which geographic feature is an example of volcanic mountains?

• A. Hawaiian Islands

• B. Sierra Nevada range

• C. Appalachian Mountains

• D. Basin and Range Province

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3. Which geographic feature is an example of uplifted mountains?

• A. Hawaiian Islands

• B. Sierra Nevada range

• C. Appalachian Mountains

• D. Basin and Range Province

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

• A. Hawaiian Islands

• B. Sierra Nevada range

• C. Appalachian Mountains

• D. Basin and Range Province

Which processes not build mountains?

• A. folding and faulting

• B. compression and uplift

• C. weathering and erosion

Folded mountains form as the result of

• A. shear.

• tension.

• compression.

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Which process acts on rock to form fault-block mountains?

• A. shear

• B. tension

• C. compression

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Uplifted mountains are mountains that form when

• A. lava builds up to form cones.

• B. rock moves up or down along faults.

• C. large areas move up with little deformation.

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Large areas rise vertically with very little deformation

• Folded Mountains

• Fault-block Mountains

• Uplifted Mountains

• Volcanic Mountains

These are created by TENSION stresses within a continent

• Folded mountains

• fault-block mountains

• uplifted mountains

• volcanic mountians