Chapter 7 Test πŸ” Flashcards

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The type of map that shows height using colors

A

Topography

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The term that describes the balance of the weights of rock, water, and ice

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Isostasy

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Types of places on earth like mountains, valleys, beaches, plains, deserts, plateaus, and lakes

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Landforms

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4
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The making of mountains through tectonic processes

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Orogeny

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5
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A natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit

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Mountain

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6
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The highest point on a hill or mountain

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Summit

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7
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An elevated place but not tall enough to be a mountain

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Hill

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8
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The measurement from ocean level to a mountain’s summit

A

Elevation

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9
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The height of a mountain measured from its base to its summit

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Actual Height

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10
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The nature of the surrounding land

A

Terrain

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11
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The tallest mountain measured using Actual Height and not Elevation

A

Mauna Kea

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12
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A series of mountain peaks in the same geographical area

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Mountain Range

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13
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A group of mountain ranges connected over a much larger area

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Mountain System

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14
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A deposit of eroded earth materials

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Sediment

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15
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Mountains that are formed by folding rock strata

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Fold Mountains

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16
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An arch of rock layers

17
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A trough or downward fold of rock strata

18
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A single step of rock strata

19
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In the center of a rift are low areas where rocks cracked and dropped downward

20
Q

A large shallow lake in eastern Africa

A

Lake Victoria

21
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When landform with sedimentary strata looks like an upside-down bowl

22
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When landform with sedimentary strata looks like a bowl

23
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Mountains that are carved out by extensive erosion

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Erosional Mountains

24
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Broad, flat-topped hills remaining from the erosion process

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Smaller flat-topped hills
Buttes
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Sloped piles of broken rock that collect at the base of cliffs
Talus
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Tall spires of rock that are all that remain of an eroded plateau
Pinnacles
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Blade-like formations of rock
Fins
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Lone mountains formed by solidified magma
Monadnocks
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When sediments build up on land from wind or glaciers or volcanoes
Depositional Mountains
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Long relatively low ridges of glacial till that form mostly at the front and sides of glaciers
Moraines