Chapter 20 Flashcards

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Folded mountain:

A

Mountain formed by squeezing pressure

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Anticline rock:

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the bottom part if a folded rock

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3
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Syncline rock:

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The bottom part of folded rock

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4
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What are the 4 kinds of mountains:

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The 4 mountains are,
Folded mountains 
Block mountains 
Domed mountains 
Volcano mountains
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What is a folded mountain:

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-the most common type of mountain are folded mountain caused by great pressures inside the earth. This pressure folds layers of sedimentary rock which raises high above the ground

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What are the two types of layers in a folded mountain

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Upfold/anticline - part goes outward

Downfold/syncline - part that goes inward

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7
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The crust and upper mantle are divided into many sections called _________.

A

Plates

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8
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Rocks formed under water from sediments are called

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Sedimentary rock

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9
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Sedimentary rocks are laid down

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Flat

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10
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Moving plates can buckle sedimentary layers into mountains. What are these called

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Folded mountains

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