Chapter 7 - Mountains and Hills Flashcards
Geologists use what term to describe the balance of the weights of rock, water, and ice, and the upward force of the mantle?
Isostasy
The height of a mountain’s peak above mean sea level
Elevation
The geologic history of the origin of mountains
Orogeny
What is the difference between mountains and hills?
It is mostly height, but it is also related to local customs in an area
What is the highest mountain on Earth?
Mt. Everest
What are the heights of Mt. Everest and all other mountains, as well as any other location on land given in?
Meters or feet above average or mean sea level
What mountain has the highest elevation in North America?
Mt. McKinley
What region would have the highest relief?
A region with high mountains and low valleys
________ has 109 of the highest mountains.
Asia
Where can mountains be?
Underwater, on continents or islands
The __________________________ is the longest mountain system in the world.
The mid-atlantic ridge
____________________ is a process that occurs at mid ocean ridges
Sea floor spreading
The ____________________________ are fault block mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
The state of ________________ is a basin caused by subsidence
Michigan
Buttes, pinnacles, and fins are all remnants of ________________
Plateaus
Which doesn’t belong: fault block, Mesa, monadnock, butte
Fault block
Rising __________ and ______________ play a role in monadnock formation
Magma and erosion
Is uplifting a cause in depositional hills and mountains?
No
__________________ are depositional mountains
Volcanoes
A ________________ is a trough-like fold of rock strata
Syncline
A ______________ is a large area of elevated, flat land
Plateau
A ________________ is to a hill as a Mesa is to a butte
Mountain
Kames and eskers are made from ________________________
Glacial till
An __________________ is an arch of rock layers
Anticline
A ___________ is sunken rock layers caused by emptied magma chambered
Basin
A ________ is a flat topped hill with steep sides
Mesa
_______________ are ridges deposited by glaciers
Moraines
A ________________ is an extinct underwater volcano
Seamount
A ________________ is a trough of rock layers
Syncline
Monocline
Convergent landform
Grabens
Divergent landform
Basin
Subsidence landform
Plateau
Uplift landform
Diagram
Answer is B
____________________ is growing taller year by year.
My. Everest
What is a series of mountain peaks in the same geographic area called?
A mountain range
Tectonic mountains can form at ____________________ and __________________ zones.
Convergent and divergent
Most ________________________ are found in the sea but some are on land.
Rift valleys
A pile of broken rock at the base of a cliff is called __________
Talus
The formation of stone arches can be explained by __________________________.
Rapid erosion
