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space and earth
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Science
8th Grade
09/28/2008

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mountain
Definition
a natural elevation rising more or less abruptly to a summit
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basically height
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differ between mountain and hill
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mt. everest
Definition
highest mountain on earth
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mt.everest nickname
Definition
roof of the world
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elevation
Definition
feet above sea level
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actual height
Definition
the height of the summit above the surrounding terrain
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mauna kea
Definition
the mountain that has the greatest actual height
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under the ocean's surface

Definition
where most of the height of mauna kea is located
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mt. mckinley in Alaska
Definition
the highest mountain in North America
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mt whitney in california
Definition
the highest mountain in the 48 adjoining states
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relief
Definition
the difference in height between a region's highest and lowest points
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a relief map
Definition
a map that shows altitude
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a steep slope
Definition
close contour lines
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gentle slope
Definition
spaced out contour lines
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contuour lines
Definition
measure areas of equal elevation
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edmund hillary
Definition
the first man to reach the top of mt everest
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mt. ranges
Definition
a series of mt.peaks
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mt. systems
Definition
a series of mt. ranges
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mid-atlantic ridge in the atlantic ocean
Definition
the most extensive mountain system in the world
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 mt olives
Definition
where jesus ascend to heaven
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depositional,fold,erosional,and fault-block
Definition
four types of mts
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depositional
Definition
mts. form by accumulation(amount) of rocks on the earth surface
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volcanoes
Definition
build up when lava spills out and harden into rocks and cinders
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sand dunes
Definition
wind deposited hills of sand
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new york
Definition
part of the united states that was once covered in glaciers
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drumlins
Definition
long,streamlined hills deposited by glaciers
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plateau
Definition
a region of flatrock structure having a high elevation
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mesas(buttes)
Definition
broad flat,top hills remaining from the dissection(cut apart) process
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monadock
Definition
stone mountain
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throught rapid currents of the flood
Definition
how most erosional mountains such as mesas,buttes,and monadocks where formed
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fold mountains
Definition
types of mts formed by folding of rocks
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syncline
Definition
trough or downward fold of rock strata
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dome
Definition
a structure in which the sedimentary strata arch upward like an inverted bowl
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basin
Definition
the opposite of a dome where the rocks dip down like a bowl
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joint
Definition
a large crack along which there has been no slippage or movement
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the sierra nevada range
Definition
a mt range made of fault block mountains
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orogeny
Definition
the origin of mountains
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a geo syncline
Definition
a large area covered by a syncline
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geosyncline theory leaves out
Definition
no explanation for force that cause mts to lift up
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the continentional drift theory
Definition
the theory that views the earth as a solid shell floating on a liquid interior
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rift
Definition
a trough like zone along the peak of a mid ocean ridge
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mid-ocean ridges
Definition
where sea floor spreading occurs
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tectonic plates
Definition
distinct,slowly moving segments of the earth's crust
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continental margins and island arcs
Definition
subduction plates thought to be melting in the mantle
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catastrophic plate tectonics
Definition
the belief that the crust fractured and broke apart
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pangaea
Definition
the name of all the continents that was once connected together
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pathalassa ocean
Definition
the once single global ocean
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local system and height
Definition
determines the differ between mountain and hill
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types of depositional mts
Definition
volcanoes, sand dunes, moraines, and drumlins
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erosional mts
Definition
appear to have been cut by erosion from plateau
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anticline
Definition
arch layer of rocks
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monocline
Definition
a fold that occurs when one part of a rock layer is lifted relative to another along a fault
looks like a rounded step
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normal fault
Definition
rises in relation to the rock above the fault
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reverse fault
Definition
opposite of a normal fault
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thrust fault
Definition
when the reverse fault angle is less than 45 degrees
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strike-slip fault
Definition
if motion along the fault is horizontal
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fault
Definition
a crack along which there has been slippage
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fault-block mts
Definition
a mt gathered by one or more normal faults
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sea floor spreading
Definition
when the mid-ocean ridges spread and took the continents with them
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subduction
Definition
bends downward and slides under the continental crust hundreds of km into the mantle
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runaway subduction
Definition
involves a rapid slipping of oceanic crust under adjacement plates
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