Breaking down mountainsides
The wearing away of rock and soil on a mountainside by wind, water, or ice is known as what?
What is Erosion
This process occurs when two tectonic plates collide and move toward each other, causing the crust to buckle and form mountainsides.
What is a Convergent plate boundary
What is one way humans impact animals and mountainsides?
What is building/constructing roads or building trails
The process of rocks and debris sliding down a mountainside is called this.
What is a landslide
This type of mountain is formed when molten rock rises to the surface and cools, creating layers of hardened lava.
What is a volcano.
What are 2 different types of mountainsides?
What is can be Steep slopes, rocky cliffs, gentle slopes, and forested slopes(only have to have 2 of the 4)
This process of water freezing and expanding in cracks on a mountainside contributes to erosion.
What is Ice Wedging
This process, often caused by tectonic activity, forms mountains by pushing rock layers together.
What is Fold mountains
What is a modern technique to prevent erosion of mountainsides?
What is Building retainer walls or erosion control blankets
This term describes the gradual downward movement of soil and rock on a mountainside.
What is mass wasting
The Himalayas, the tallest mountainside range in the world, were formed by the collision of these two plates.
What is Indian and Eurasian Plates.
What is the animal that was represented in the project?
What is snow leopard
This famous U.S. national park is known for its stunning canyons formed by erosion.
What is the Grand Canyon
This term refers to the gradual uplift of a mountainside range due to tectonic forces over millions of years.
What is orogeny
What are the three geological processes that mountainsides are formed through?
What is tectonic Activity, erosion, and weathering