MOUNTAIN FORMATION

Question 1

a series of geological processes of mountain building

Answer 1

orogenesis

Question 2

how are mountains and mountain ranges created?

Answer 2

they form from either the COLLISSION of two continental crusts
or the SUBDUCTION of an oceanic crust OVER a continental crush

Question 3

a _ is a mass of land that rises more than 600 meters above the surrounding land

Answer 3

mountain

Question 4

explains the tendency of earth’s lighter crust to achieve balance as though it is floating on the denser, underlying mantle

Answer 4

isostasy

Question 5

this is a wavelike deformation that occurs when an originally flat surface or strata is bent

Answer 5

fold

Question 6

a _ is any fracture in the crust along where a significant displacement has occurred

Answer 6

fault

Question 7

_ takes place when rocks are stretched like a rubber band

Answer 7

elastic deformation

Question 8

what is the compression of tectonic plates called

Answer 8

folding

Question 9

_ is an example of fold mountain

Answer 9

himalayas

Question 10

what is the tallest mountain in luzon

Answer 10

mt pulag

Question 11

upward fold is

Answer 11

anticline

Question 12

downward fold is

Answer 12

syncline

Question 13

rocks may also be deformed in a process called -

Answer 13

faulting

Question 14

whatre the three types of fault

Answer 14

normal fault
strike-slip fault
reverse fault

Question 15

_ have hanging walls that move DOWN relative to the footwall

Answer 15

normal fault

Question 16

_ are also called thrust faults, occur when the hanging wall moves UP relative to the footwall

Answer 16

reverse fault

Question 17

_ occurs when the dominant displaement occurs along the strike of the fault, thus its name

Answer 17

strike slip fualt

Question 18

property exhibited by rocks when theyre stretched without breaking

Answer 18

elastic deformation

Question 19

_ are sites of moving crustal plates that are destroyed as they plunge into the mantle

Answer 19

trenches

Question 20

what type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall

Answer 20

reverse fault

Question 21

wwhat type of stress produces reverse faults

Answer 21

compression

Question 22

what does the philipiine fault do to rocks

Answer 22

it takes the energy out of the rocks

Question 23

what type of force changes the size and shape of rocks

Answer 23

stress

Question 24

the theory of isostasy explains that

Answer 24

earth’s crust seems to be in a state of balance

Question 25

most mountains form along or near the edges of the _

Answer 25

earth’s lithospheric plate