Chapter 7 - Mountains and Hills

Question 0

Geologists use what term to describe the balance of the weights of rock, water, and ice, and the upward force of the mantle?

Answer 0

Isostasy

Question 1

The height of a mountain’s peak above mean sea level

Answer 1

Elevation

Question 2

The geologic history of the origin of mountains

Answer 2

Orogeny

Question 3

What is the difference between mountains and hills?

Answer 3

It is mostly height, but it is also related to local customs in an area

Question 4

What is the highest mountain on Earth?

Answer 4

Mt. Everest

Question 5

What are the heights of Mt. Everest and all other mountains, as well as any other location on land given in?

Answer 5

Meters or feet above average or mean sea level

Question 6

What mountain has the highest elevation in North America?

Answer 6

Mt. McKinley

Question 7

What region would have the highest relief?

Answer 7

A region with high mountains and low valleys

Question 8

________ has 109 of the highest mountains.

Answer 8

Asia

Question 9

Where can mountains be?

Answer 9

Underwater, on continents or islands

Question 10

The __________________________ is the longest mountain system in the world.

Answer 10

The mid-atlantic ridge

Question 11

____________________ is a process that occurs at mid ocean ridges

Answer 11

Sea floor spreading

Question 12

The ____________________________ are fault block mountains

Answer 12

Sierra Nevada Mountains

Question 13

The state of ________________ is a basin caused by subsidence

Answer 13

Michigan

Question 14

Buttes, pinnacles, and fins are all remnants of ________________

Answer 14

Plateaus

Question 15

Which doesn’t belong: fault block, Mesa, monadnock, butte

Answer 15

Fault block

Question 16

Rising __________ and ______________ play a role in monadnock formation

Answer 16

Magma and erosion

Question 17

Is uplifting a cause in depositional hills and mountains?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

__________________ are depositional mountains

Answer 18

Volcanoes

Question 19

A ________________ is a trough-like fold of rock strata

Answer 19

Syncline

Question 20

A ______________ is a large area of elevated, flat land

Answer 20

Plateau

Question 21

A ________________ is to a hill as a Mesa is to a butte

Answer 21

Mountain

Question 22

Kames and eskers are made from ________________________

Answer 22

Glacial till

Question 23

An __________________ is an arch of rock layers

Answer 23

Anticline

Question 24

A ___________ is sunken rock layers caused by emptied magma chambered

Answer 24

Basin

Question 25

A ________ is a flat topped hill with steep sides

Answer 25

Mesa

Question 26

_______________ are ridges deposited by glaciers

Answer 26

Moraines

Question 27

A ________________ is an extinct underwater volcano

Answer 27

Seamount

Question 28

A ________________ is a trough of rock layers

Answer 28

Syncline

Question 29

Monocline

Answer 29

Convergent landform

Question 30

Grabens

Answer 30

Divergent landform

Question 31

Basin

Answer 31

Subsidence landform

Question 32

Plateau

Answer 32

Uplift landform

Question 33

Diagram

Answer 33

Answer is B

Question 34

____________________ is growing taller year by year.

Answer 34

My. Everest

Question 35

What is a series of mountain peaks in the same geographic area called?

Answer 35

A mountain range

Question 36

Tectonic mountains can form at ____________________ and __________________ zones.

Answer 36

Convergent and divergent

Question 37

Most ________________________ are found in the sea but some are on land.

Answer 37

Rift valleys

Question 38

A pile of broken rock at the base of a cliff is called __________

Answer 38

Talus

Question 39

The formation of stone arches can be explained by __________________________.

Answer 39

Rapid erosion