Chapter 20 Flashcards
Folded mountain:
Mountain formed by squeezing pressure
Anticline rock:
the bottom part if a folded rock
Syncline rock:
The bottom part of folded rock
What are the 4 kinds of mountains:
The 4 mountains are, Folded mountains Block mountains Domed mountains Volcano mountains
What is a folded mountain:
-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
What are the two types of layers in a folded mountain
Upfold/anticline - part goes outward
Downfold/syncline - part that goes inward
The crust and upper mantle are divided into many sections called _________.
Plates
Rocks formed under water from sediments are called
Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are laid down
Flat
Moving plates can buckle sedimentary layers into mountains. What are these called
Folded mountains