Question | Answer |
reminders of the earth's crust deformations of its crust | mountain ranges |
deformation is | bending, breaking, and cracking of the earth's crust |
major cause of the eath's deformation | plate tetonics |
movement of the earth's lithospheric plates | plate tetonics |
crust floats on mantle, heavier crust is, deeper it strikes | isostatic adjustment |
______ and _____ forces balance and keeps the earth reletiveley flat | crust; mantle |
balancing of the crust and the mantle | isostacy |
up and down movements of the crust to reach isostacy | isostatic adjustment |
isostatic adjustments occur at | mountain ranges |
3 areas of isostatic adjustments: | 1. Himilayas, Grand Tetons, Andes 2.where a river forms a delta 3. glaciers advance and retreat |
stuff on the bottom of rivers | sediments |
a very thick accumulation of these river deposits | geosyncline |
force that applies pressure to the rocks and the crust | stress |
changes in the shape or volume or size of the rocks that occur due to stress and the result of stress | strain |
3 types of stress: | compression, tension, and shearing |
coastal rocks are squeezed together or pressed | compression |
pulls rocks apart | tension |
rocks pulling in opposite directions | shearing |
over extended something | strain |
feels like your head is pulling apart | tension headache |
geo | earth |
syn | together |
cline | change in a trait |
Niagra is formed by | a glacier retreat |
when Niagra was claimed a waterfall, how tall was it | 11 meters |
Niagra means | loud water |
when rock responds to stress when becoming permanently deformed without breaking | folding |
movement of rocks between plates | fault |
higth of Mt. Everest | 5 miles or eight kilometers |
mountain range Mt. Everest is apart of | Himilayas |
a group of adjacent mountains - same shape and structure | mountain range |
All mountains are apart of | mountain range |
Mt. St. Helens is apart of ___ Range | Cascade |
a group of adjacent mountain Ranges | mountain system |
Appalachian runs from | Quebec and Alabama |
name the mountain ranges in the Appalachian | Cumberland, Green, Black, Blue Ridge, Great Smoky |
highest peak of the Appalachian mountains | Black Mountains in NC- Mount Mitchell |
mountain systems make up 2 major belts: | Circum- Pacific( around Ring of Fire)-Eurasian- Melonesian |
circum | around |
oro | mountain |
orogeny | history or formation of mountains |
orology | study of mountains |
oldest mountain system in N. America | Appalachian Mountains |
Applachian Mountains were formed by three collisions | oceanic-subduction-shearing |
Pangea was formed | 500 million years ago |
Pangea drifted apart | 250 million years ago |
Cascade Mountains location | Pacific NW - Juan de Fuca |
name an island arc | Figi Islands |
4 types of mountains: | 1. fault flock 2. volcanic 3. dome 4. folded |
describe a folded mountain | largest mountain ranges collide when continental commides with continental |
give an example of a folded mountain | Alps, Himilayas, Ural, Appalachian |
describe a fault flock mountain | formed when earth's crust is broken into large blocks: lifted above surrounding areas |
give an example of a fault flock mountain | Sierra- Nevada |
describe a volcanic mountain | subduction or hot spot |
give an example of a volcanic mountain | Cascade mountains or Mt. St. Helens |
crack in the middle of a Pacific plate | hot spot |
describe a dome mountain | mountain of molten rock pushing up - rock layers are above it like a bulge |
give an example of of a dome mountain | Black Hills of South Dakota-Adirondaks of New Mexico |
2 famous regions of the Earth | 1. Medditeranean 2. The Alps |
the largest mountain range in Europe, France , Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy - formed in the collision of | |
higth of Mt. Everest | 5 miles or eight kilometers |
mountain range Mt. Everest is apart of | Himilayas |
a group of adjacent mountains - same shape and structure | mountain range |
All mountains are apart of | mountain range |
Mt. St. Helens is apart of ___ Range | Cascade |
a group of adjacent mountain Ranges | mountain system |
Appalachian runs from | Quebec and Alabama |
name the mountain ranges in the Appalachian | Cumberland, Green, Black, Blue Ridge, Great Smoky |
highest peak of the Appalachian mountains | Black Mountains in NC- Mount Mitchell |
mountain systems make up 2 major belts: | Circum- Pacific( around Ring of Fire)-Eurasian- Melonesian |
circum | around |
oro | mountain |
orogeny | history or formation of mountains |
orology | study of mountains |
oldest mountain system in N. America | Appalachian Mountains |
Applachian Mountains were formed by three collisions | oceanic-subduction-shearing |
Pangea was formed | 500 million years ago |
Pangea drifted apart | 250 million years ago |
Cascade Mountains location | Pacific NW - Juan de Fuca |
name an island arc | Figi Islands |
4 types of mountains: | 1. fault flock 2. volcanic 3. dome 4. folded |
describe a folded mountain | largest mountain ranges collide when continental commides with continental |
give an example of a folded mountain | Alps, Himilayas, Ural, Appalachian |
describe a fault flock mountain | formed when earth's crust is broken into large blocks: lifted above surrounding areas |
give an example of a fault flock mountain | Sierra- Nevada |
describe a volcanic mountain | subduction or hot spot |
give an example of a volcanic mountain | Cascade mountains or Mt. St. Helens |
crack in the middle of a Pacific plate | hot spot |
describe a dome mountain | mountain of molten rock pushing up - rock layers are above it like a bulge |
give an example of of a dome mountain | Black Hills of South Dakota-Adirondaks of New Mexico |
2 famous regions of the Earth | 1. Medditeranean 2. The Alps |
the largest mountain range in Europe, France , Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy - formed in the collision of | The Alps; African- Eurasian |
the edge of a plateau with a visible difference in height | escarpement |
plateau is called | land table |
name 4 plateaus | Highlands,Cumberland,Colorado,Columbia |
Colorado Plateau is adjacent to__ and covers | Rocky Mountains;Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado |
Columbia Plateau is adjacent to | Cascades |
Niagra Falls current measurements | 183 ft. high |