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Mountain Belt Lecture

Quiz by Ian Devlin

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  • Q1
    Name for the process of mountain building.
    Orogenesis
    Plate Tectonics
    Volcanism
    Thrustage
    20s
  • Q2
    These types of mountains are the result of an oceanic plate sinking beneath a continental plate.
    Accretion
    Terranes
    Andean
    Himalayan
    60s
  • Q3
    The Sierra Nevada Mountains are the result of what mountain building process?
    Volcanism
    Accretionary
    Andean
    Himalayan
    60s
  • Q4
    The Himalayan Mountains are the result of a collision between what two types of plates?
    Continental & Continental
    Continental & Oceanic
    Oceanic & Oceanic
    60s
  • Q5
    A majority of the land in western North America is the result of
    Andean Mountains
    Accreted Terranes
    Accretionary Wedges
    Volcanic Activity
    60s
  • Q6
    As a mountain erodes, the crust will begin to
    Disappear
    Float
    Sink
    Rise
    60s
  • Q7
    The crust at mountains is ________________________ than it is at the coast.
    Thicker
    Thinner
    60s

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