mountain and mountain ranges

Question 1

large landforms that rise well above the ground and have steep slopes

Answer 1

mountain

Question 2

refers to the process of forming mountain and mountain ranges

Answer 2

orogenesis

Question 3

involves the collision of plates and forces of compression

Answer 3

orogenesis

Question 4

are formed through plate convergence

Answer 4

fold mountains

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was formed after the indian plate and tibetean plate collided

Answer 5

himalayas in asia

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form when an oceanic plates subduct beneath a continental plate

Answer 6

mountain ranges

Question 7

usually have isolated peaks that formed thousand or millions of years

constructed from accumulated lava flows pyroclasts and other ignetious clasts that piled up over time

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volcanic mountain ranges

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do not form because of earth’s internal activity but because of rock eroison or weathering

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erosion formed mountain ranges

Question 9

example and made up of sedimentary rocks and formed as a result of erosion and movement of thrust faults

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applachian plateu

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upwarming of tectonic plates tectonic plates and are not accompanied by the collision of plate boundaries

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dome mountain ranges

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isolated and large forms in flat region which produces elongated structures

Answer 11

domes

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causes tensional forces and can uplift large blocks of crust to form fault-block mountains

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fault block mountain ranges

Question 13

gravity that causes the block to slide downward

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graben

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refers to crustal blocks that do not slide down

Answer 14

horst

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examples of fault block mountains

Answer 15

sierra nevada, california
teton range, usa
marinduque mountains