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Chapter 7 Mountains and Hills
Mountain Range
elevation
Chapter 7 Mountains and Hills
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elevation
The height of land above sea level
a small area of land that is higher than the land
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Mountain Range
a series of connected mountains
home, home on the range
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Topography
the top of a graph
the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
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depositional mountain...A mountain landform resulting from the...
deposition of volcanic materials or sediments by ice, water, or wind
mountain going to court
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Three ways Depositional Mountains are formed?
1. Carried by wind, 2. Glacier Formed, 3. Volcanic
BLAH
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Actual Height
how tall you are when you are grown up
The height of a mountain's summit above its base.
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Isostasy
the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
balancing the downward force of the crust & the upward force of mantle.
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Orogeny
a natural feature of the earth's surface.
Making of Mountains
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Describe Syncline Fold
BLAH
trough of downward fold of rock strata.
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Difference in Mesa and Butte- mesa- broad, flat topped hills...
AND BOTH have steep, cliff like sides. The difference is not well defined,
remaining from erosion process, smaller flat topped hills are but
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Difference Between Actual Height and Elevation - actual height is...
the height of summit above the lowest elevation of surrounding terrain
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landform
balance of the weights of rock , water and ice
a natural feature of the earth's surface.
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Mountain System
a group of mountain ranges over a larger area
the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
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Hill
making of mountains
a small area of land that is higher than the land around it
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mountain
a small hill
natural elevation of earths surface rising more /less abruptly to a summit
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Anticline fold
BLAH
Arch of rock layers
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erosional mountain
A mountain formed from folded rock strata
mountains that were carved out by extensive erosion, usually from a plateau
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Where are most rift valleys located?
BLAH
most are located at mid-ocean ridges between diverging oceanic plates
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Relief
what you feel when the test is over
the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
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Fold Mountain
A group of mountains folded like an accordion
A mountain formed from folded rock strata
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Basin
AND they form as the landform above an empty magma chamber sinks
opposite of dome- strata dip toward middle of structure
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Dome
looks like an updide-down bowl.
& domes form as magma collecting in achamber deep underground pushes upward
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Types of Folds:
Huey, Dooey and Looie
syncline, anticline, and monocline.
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Describe Monocline Fold
steeply tilted strata between two broad regions of relatively level strata
BLAH
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Difference in Mountain and Hill....
Mostly Height, but also local customs in an area
BLAH
