Earth Science Chapter 7 Review 2015

A large area of flat, elevated land

A mountain has actual height of 1000 and elevation of 2000, what is elevation of base?

Which of the following regions would you expect to have the greatest relief?

Which of these is NOT a primary cause of most depositional hills and mountains?

Where can rift valleys be found?

The major difference between a mountain and a hill is

Which of the following terms applies to the formation of volcanoes?

Sunken rock layers caused by emptied magma chamber

A trough of rock layers

A trough-like fold of rock strata

Which of these is a subsidence landform?

The highest mountain in the world

The longest and most extensive mountain system on the earth is the

Buttes, pinnacles, and fins are all thought to be erosional remnants of

A series of mountain peaks in the same geographical region

Ridges deposited by glaciers

An arch of rock layers

A monocline could form at a convergent boundary because it is caused by a fault

Flat topped hill with steep sides

Common to divergent boundaries, these are depressions with steep sides

What do closely spaced contour lines on a map indicate?

The geologic history of the origin of a mountains is called

Mt. Everest is taller now than it was 30 years ago.

Which of the following does not belong with the other three?

The mountain with the highest elevation in North America

Which of these is caused by an uplift?

Extinct underwater volcano

What type of mountain is predominant in the Sierra Nevada Range?

Almost the entire state of Michigan is a __________ caused by subsidence.

Elevation is the height of a mountain's peak above

Describes the balance of the weight of the crust against the upward push of the mantle

Which of the following is involved in the formation of a monadnock?

Mountain base is 500 below sea level, actual height is 2500. What is the mountain's elevation?

Mountains can be

A pile of broken rocks that collects at the base of a cliff