Topography
Uses differences in land elevations in a region
What is Topography
Mountains can be underwater, on continents and ______
What are islands
Which kind of sediments forms folded formations
What is water
This mountain grows taller every year
What is Mt. Everest
This is a mountain system
What is a collection of mountain ranges, groups of related peaks
A Topographic map is also called a
What is a isostatic map
Mountian landforms that result mainly from forces within the crust
What are Tectonic Mauntians
Where are rift valleys formed
What is Underwater
Mountian landforms made from anticlines and synclines are
What are fold mountians
The measurement of a mountain from peak to sea level is
What is elevation
This term is used to describe the balance of the weights of the rocky materials, water and ice in and on the earth's crust
What is isostasy
Tectonic Mountains form near Sinking crust, convergent tectonic plates and
What are Divergent Tectonic Plates
Mesas, buttes, and pinnacles are all evidence for rapid erosion by which element
What is Water
Eroded synclines are _____ rocks that lie to both sides of the fold
What is older
Mauna Kea in Hawai'i is the tallest mountain in ____ height
What is actual
Topographic maps state elevation is which mesurement
What is meters
T or F: Orogeny describes the balance of forces between the earth's crust and mantel
What is False
This fold mountain has a step of eroded cliffs
What is Monoclines
Grabens are this kind of valley
What are Rift Valleys
The mountains height from summit to base is the ____ height
What is actual
The Tectonic process of the mountains that formed during or after the flood is called
What is Orogeny
What two states have the most Fault-block mountains
What are Nevada and Utah
This uplifting landform has relatively undisturbed sedimentary deposits
What are plateaus
The difference in height between the highest and lowest elevations of the terrain is the ____
What is relief
Volcanoes are both tectonic and which kind of mountains
What are depositional