Mountain Building Processes

When a rock is placed under stress, it deforms or changes shape.

• deformation

• fold

• fault

• sheer stress

This is an example of a ______________ fault.

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• spike-strip fault

Stone Mountain is what type of mountain?

• Folded

• Fault

• Volcanic

• Dome

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Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas, is what type of mountain?

• Folded

• Fault

• Volcanic

• Dome

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The Sierra Nevada are what type of mountain?

• Folded

• Fault

• Volcanic

• Dome

What type of rock can make up a mountain?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Mountainishic

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What happens when oceanic and continental plates converge?

• The oceanic plate and the continental plate will rise high above sea level.

• A rift will form between the oceanic plate and the continental plate.

• The continental plate will subduct below the oceanic plate, and the oceanic plate could buckle and fold.

• The oceanic plate will subduct below the continental plate, and the continental plate could buckle and fold.

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Mauna Kea is what type of mountain?

• Folded

• Fault

• Volcanic

• Dome

How does plate tectonics relate to metamorphic rocks?

• Plate tectonics melts minerals to make metamorphic rocks

• Plate tectonics can add pressure or strain to rock layers causing change

• Plate tectonics creates new metamorphic rocks at mid ocean ridges

• It doesn't

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Geologists study the Earth’s geosphere to better explain fast and slow changes to Earth’s surface. One of the features a geologist would study are mountains. Which of the following methods or tools would be the most useful to a geologist constructing an explanation of mountain building?

• Geologists collect data on the decreasing heights of mountain ranges each year.

• Geologists construct topographic (shape/height/depth) maps of mountain ranges.

• Geologists use models to show what happens to the Earth when mountains are formed.

• Geologists study the effects of weathering and erosion in mountain ranges over one year.

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