Mountain Highs!
a stack of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, that are bent or curved during permanent deformation
What is folding?
Land added to continents during plate collision.
Accretionary terrane
Skyline drive of the Blue Ridge Parkway winds through this National Park?
What is the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
This park is the hottest, driest, and lowest land in the US.
Death Valley National Park
Development of hot springs in the Hot Springs National Park occurred during this Era:
What is the Cenozoic Era?
This type of landform is a result of a downward bulging fold.
What is a basin?
This is a type of folding that results in an upward arch with the oldest rocks in the center of the fold.
What is Anticline folding?
The oldest trees on earth, located in Great Basin National Park.
Bristlecone Pine
Climate conditions of this National Park include rainy Winters, a lot of fog, and rare freezing near sea level:
What is Redwoods National Park?
These are fractures in the crust along which movement has occurred that is caused by tectonic activity.
What is a fault?
A rock formation of weathered precambrian slate and schist that can be found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Chimney Tops
Rock formation where rocks are folded downward in a trough pattern is known as this:
What is Syncline?
large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak
What is a mountain?
This park’s climate conditions are wet, warm, and humid, the higher elevations receive more rain and snow than the valleys.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This is a type of faulting where the movement is lateral instead of up or down.
What is Strike-slip faulting
These are the three stages of major mountain belt building
What are the Accumulation, Orogenic, and Crustal extension, block faulting, and uplift stages?
This valley is formed by glaciers weathering rock, causing a dip in mountains.
U-shaped valley
A glacial lake formed by a moraine dam at the foot of Grand Teton National Park, is known by what name?
What is Jenny Lake?
Summers are hot here; temperatures vary greatly between the desert floor, which is often above 100 degrees Fahrenheit
What is Big Bend National Forest
Tilted Anakeesta slate with weathering along slaty cleavage near newfound Gap is found in the center of this park:
What is Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
What is a mountain?
This is the addition of exotic terranes to continental land mass by intense plate collisions.
What is tectonic accretion?
National Park is in southwest Texas and includes the entire Chisos mountain range and a large swath of the Chihuahuan Desert
What is Big Bend National Park
Summer days can be hot and humid, with heat index values up to 110ºF . Winter wind chills can make temperatures feel much colder, as low as 15ºF . Spring and fall typically have the most rainfall.
What is the Hot Springs National Park
What is the type of fault that creates a hanging wall and shortens the crust due to compressional forces?