Since sea level is used as a reference point, a mountain's actual height is (greater than/equal to/less than) its elevation.

Since Mauna Kea’s base is the ocean floor, its actual heigh is (greatertan/equalto/ less than) its elevation.

A mountainous area has relief. (Choose one)

Mountains are defined as natural elevations greater than 2000 m.

The differences in elevation in particular area are called its ______

The balance of forces in the crust that determine elevation in an area is ____

The overall process that forms tectonic mountain landforms is known as _____

A mountain whose base is at sea level would have an actual height (greater than/ equal to/ less than) its elevation.

The cartographer/adventerur that realized the need for better mapping so mapped out Operation White Tower was

T or F: a series of mountain peaks in the same geographical area is called a mountain system

T or F: geologists believe that Mt. Everest rises due to the Indian tectonic plate colliding with the North American tectonic plate

The mountain with the highest elevation in the world is______

The longest and most extensive mountain system on the earth is the ______

A natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit is the definition for both a mountain and a hill—-true or false

True or false: Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world by actual height.

Which of the following processes is believed to occur at mid-ocean ridges?

On which continent will you find not only the world’s highest mountain, but also 96 of the 109 tallest peaks in the world?

What is the difference in height between the highest and lowest elevations of the terrain?

Mountains can be found?

Elevation is the height of a mountain’s peak above _____

The variation in elevation is a regions what?

The highest mountain system is ____

A series of mountain peaks in the same geographical area is a mountain ____

The highest point on a hill or mountain is the ______

What is the difference in height between the highest and lowest elevations of the terrrain?

What are the tectonic processes and landforms of mountain bulilding called?

The continental crust floats on the mantle because it is more dense and thinner.

The height of a mountain above its base. Base to summitt

A mountain landform produced by the deposition of volcanic materials or sediments by ice, water, or wind

Mountain landform carved out by extensive erosion, usually from a plateau; also called a residual mountain

The height of a point on the earth’s surface. Sea level to summit

A mountain landform created by folded rock strata

A natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising to a summit. Smaller version

The balance between the downward weights of rock, water and ice, and the upward, bouyant force exerted by the mantle.

A natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising to a summit. Taller version

A shape or structure on the earth’s surface such as a mountain, valley, beach, plain, desert, plateau, or lake.

A group of mountain ranges connected over a large area.

A series of mountain peaks in the same geographic area

The features of the earth’s surface in a particular region, including different landforms with varying elevation.,

A deposit of eroded earth materials is _____

An arch of rock layers is ______

A trough or downward fold of rock strata.

A series of steep-walled valleys lined with high cliffs rising from faults parallel to the valley.

In the center of a rift are low areas where rocks cracked and dropped downwards. These are called _____

Broad regions of relatively un disturbed sediment deposits lifted by some tectonic process.

A landform with sedimentary strata that looks like an upside-down bowl

A landform where the rock strata sagged into a bowl like structure.

An extinct volcano in ocean basins

A depositional landform often formed by tectonic action

In western us, a broad, flat topped hill remaining from the erosion process are called _____

Smaller flat-topped hills ( smaller than mesas) are called ___

Sloped piles of broken rock collect at the base of cliffs

Tall spires of rock that are all the remain of an eroded plateau. Can be found alone, in groups, or connected together in blade like formations called fins

Distinctive lone mountains standing out on a flat plain surrounding them is called a monadnocks

Wherever a glacier touches the underlying bedrock, it breaks chunks of rock and grinds them in to pebbles, gravel, sand, and fine silt. This is called glacial till.

_____ are long, relatively low ridges of glacial till that form mostly at the front and sides of glaciers

_____ are winding deposits of till that followed melt-water streams as they flowed beneath the glacier.

Steep-sided piles of till

Long, low hill that may have been formed as glaciers dragged over piles of till.