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Chapter 16
Mountains and High Hills (KCCS)
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Science
8th Grade
03/31/2011

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What is a mountain?
Definition
A natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit.
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Who was the first person to climb Mt. Everest?
Definition
Sir Edmund Hilary
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What is it called when a series of mountain peaks are together?
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Mountain Range
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What is a group of mountain rages?
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Mountain System
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What are the four types of mountains?
Definition
1) Depositional Mountains
2) Erosional Mountains
3) Fold Mountains
4) Fault-Block Mountains
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How do depositional mountains form?
Definition
Accumulation of rocks on the earth's surface.
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How do erosional mountains form?
Definition
By extensive erosions.
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What is the naturalistic theory that unsuccessfully attempts to describe the origin of fold mountains and other tectonic features as the produce of an uplifted regional syncline, called a geosyncline, that was filled in with sedimentary strata?
Definition
Geosyncline Theory
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What is a fracture in a rock formation such that adjacent surfaces are displaced relative to each other among the plane of fracture.
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Falt
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What is a crack in a rock formation along which there are no indications of slippage?
Definition
A joint
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Define tectonic plate...
Definition
Something like, "One of some fifteen semi-rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that make up the outer shell of the earth. Most show some movement relative to adjacent plates.
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