Types of Mountians
The mountains of the Hawaiian Islands are __________mountains.
a)rifting
b)Uplifter
c) Volcanic
c) Volcanic
Which processes do NOT build mountains?
A. folding and faulting
B. compression and uplift
C. weathering and erosion
C. weathering and erosion
Most continents are areas of land that are
A. fairly flat in all parts.
B. highest around the edges.
C. highest toward the middle.
B. highest around the edges.
what is large area of level or rolling land?
a)basin
b)Plain
c)plateau
b)Plain
Contients, moutians, and landforms are constantly _________ and ___________
moving and changing
Which moutains are made of layers of rocks that are folded.
A) Fault-block mountian
B) folded moutians
C) Uplifted mountian
B) folded moutians
Folded mountains form as the result of
A. shear.
B. tension.
C. compression.
C. compression.
What two processes help continents grow?
A. weathering and erosion of rocks
B. rifting and compaction of sediment
C. volcanism and addition of land fragments
C. volcanism and addition of land fragments
what is a large area of flat, elevated land?
a)basin
b)Plain
c)plateau
c)plateau
After you do an experiment, what is one way to communicate your results
a) make a chart
b) make a graph
C)write a paragraph to explain conclusion
D)all of the above
D)all of the above
which moutians are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
A) Fault-block mountian
B) folded moutians
C) Uplifted mountian
A) Fault-block mountian
Which process acts on rock to form fault-block mountains?
A. shear
B. tension
C. compression
B. tension
Much of the central part of North America is interior A. plains.
B. plateaus.
C. mountains.
A. plains.
What is a depressed area or regon with low elevation?
a)basin
B)plain
c)plateau
a)basin
which event could lead to a species going extinct
a) a chnage in climate
b) the loss of habitat
c) loss of food resources
D) all the above
D) all the above
The Sierra Nevada range is made of __________mountains.
a)volcanic
b) unplifted
c) fault-block
b) unplifted
Uplifted mountains are mountains that form when
A. lava builds up to form cones.
B. rock moves up or down along faults.
C. large areas move up with little deformation.
C. large areas move up with little deformation.
what do we use to refer to the land inside of a contients?
Ex. North american plains
interior
The Colorado Plateau was formed by
A. lava.
B. uplift.
C. subsidence.
B. uplift.
in the ocean food chain, which of the following is a producer
a)tuna fish
b)seaweed
c)seagulls
d)clams
b)seaweed
The Basin and Range Province consists of many ___________mountains
a)volcanic
b) unplifted
c) fault-block
c) fault-block
The Appalachian Mountains were formed by collisions and ____________
a)rifting
b)Uplifter
c) Volcanic
a)rifting
rocks can be up to _____ million years old
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Which statement is true of most basins and mountains?
A. Both are full of sediment.
B. They are always very far apart.
C. Basins form close to mountains
C. Basins form close to mountains
different cells can do different jobs. what is one job a cell can't do
a)move
b)break down food for energy
c)produce chemicals
d) inhale
d) inhale