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| breaking, tilting, bending | deformation
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| SOME OF THESE ARE FORMED BY DEFRMATION | MOUNTAINS
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| what kind of changes can effect the crust | weight
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| what part of the Earth floats on the mantle | crust
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| the more weight the deeper the ____________ sinks | lithosphere
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| the crust pushes down on the ___________ and vice versa | mantle
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| what pushes down on the mantle more when weight is added | crust
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| balancing of two forces | isostasy
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| up and down movements of the crust | isostatic adjustment
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| isostatic adustment occurs when there are _____________ | mountains
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| very thick accumulation of deposits | geosyncline
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| 3 areas of isostatic adjustment | glaciers
river deltas
mountains
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| geo | earth
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| SYN | TOGETHER
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| cline | change
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| Niagara Falls is covered by a glacier half he size of the US called _____________ | Wisconsin Glacier
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| what was once only 11 meters | Nigara Falls
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| what became free of ice 12,500 years ago | Niagara Falls
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| what causes stress in the rocks that make up Earth's surface | isostatic adjustment and plate movement
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| force that applies pressure to the rocks in the crust | stress
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| change in size of rocks due to stress | strain
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| three types of stress | compression
tension
shearing
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| pressing down | compression
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| pulling | tension
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| rubbing | shearing
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| break | fracture
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| where movement occurs between 2 plates | fault
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| when rock responds to stress by becoming permanently deformed without breaking | folding
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| What nmountain is 5 miles above sea level | Mt. Everest
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| when was Mt St. Helens's last eruption? | 1980
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| no mountain stands alone; every mountain is prt of wht? | mountain range
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| group of adjacent mountains with the same general shape and structure | mountain range
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| group of adjacent montain ranges | mountain systems
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| 3 examples of mountain RANGES | Great Smokeys
Blue Ridge
Black Hills
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| Ranges make up ___________ | systems
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| systems make up ___________ | mountain belts
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| 2 examles of belts | Circum-Pacific
Eurasian-Melanesian
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| Appalachian Mt. system stretches from ____________ to ____________ | Quebec/Alabama
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| oro | mountin
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| orogeny | history and formation of mountains
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| orology | study of mountains
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| What is the tallest peak in the Apps | Mt. Mitchell
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| What mountain range is Mt. Mitchell part of | Black Mountain Range in North Carolina
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| what is the oldest mountain system in N. America | Appalachian mountains
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| What is the ring of fire | Circum Pacific Belt
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| ___________ were once taller than _____________ | Apps, Himalayas
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| Cscde mountain range was formed by __________________ plate subducting | Juan de Fuca
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| _________________ is an island arc | Fiji Islands
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| large pieces of Earth's crust broken into blocks and drifted by pssure under the Earth | Fault Block Mountain
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| mountain formed by a volcano | volcanic mountain
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