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Question 0

T OR F: Mountain ranges can form over long periods of time through repeated collisions between plates.

Answer 0

TRUE

Question 1

T OR F: Metamorphic rocks that formed deep below Earth’s surface sometimes can be located near the tops of mountains.

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

What are the four processes of mountain building?

Answer 2

Converging plates, collisions and rifting, weathering, erosion and uplift

Question 3

What are the four types of mountains?

Answer 3

Folded Mountians, fault-block mountains, uplifted mountains, and volcanic mountains

Question 4

What are folded mountains?

Answer 4

Folded mountains are made of layers of rocks that are folded.

Question 5

What are fault-block mountains?

Answer 5

Fault-block mountains are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults.

Question 6

What are uplifted mountains?

Answer 6

When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation, uplifted mountains form.

Question 7

What are volcanic mountains?

Answer 7

As molten rock and ash erupt onto Earth’s surface, they harden. Over time, many eruptions can build huge volcanic mountains.

Question 8

T OR F: The centers of continents are flat and old.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

T OR F: Continents are continually shrinking because of erosion.

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

What are the two ways continents get bigger?

Answer 10

1: continents get bigger is through the addition of igneous rocks by erupting volcanoes.
2: when tectonic plates carry island arcs, whole continents, or fragments of continents with them.

Question 11

What is a plain?

Answer 11

A plain is an extensive area of level or rolling land.

Question 12

What are basins?

Answer 12

Areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation are called basins.

Question 13

Where do the world’s largest oil and natural gas lie?

Answer 13

The world’s largest oil and natural gas fields lie in sedimentary basins.

Question 14

What are plateaus?

Answer 14

Flat regions with high elevations are called plateaus.

Question 15

How was the Grand Canyon created?

Answer 15

It was created as the Colorado River cut through and eroded the uplifting plateau. So, the Grand Canyon was created by water.

Question 16

What is lava?

Answer 16

It is molten rock that erupts on Earth’s surface.

Question 17

Which statement about plateaus and basins is correct?
A: Both are flat and found at high elevations.
B: Both are flat with plateaus having a high elevation; basins are found at low elevations.
C: Both are found at low elevations in mountain ranges.
D: Basins are flat but plateaus are very mountainous.

Answer 17

B

Question 18

Which areas of a continent are formed from deposited material and may contain coal and oil deposits?
A: lakes and rivers
B: ocean trenches
C: plateau areas
D: sedimentary basins

Answer 18

D