Mountains By Gage F
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- 2. ___ mountains, When plates collide or undergo subduction, the plates tend to buckle and fold, forming mountains.
- 3. mountains, movements of tectonic plates create volcanoes along the plate boundaries, which erupt and form mountains.
- 7. The tallest mountain measured from top to bottom is Mauna Kea, an inactive _____
- 8. The _____ stretch 1,491 miles through much of central Asia.
- 9. mount _____ located in Nepal and Tibet, is usually said to be the highest mountain on Earth.
- 11. The ____ Mountain Range is the highest and most extensive mountain range system of Europe.
- 13. oldest mountain range on Earth is called the _________ Greenstone Belt
- 15. At around 4,300 miles long, the _____ Mountains make up the world's longest mountain range
- 16. When magma pushes the crust up but hardens before erupting onto the surface, it forms so-called ___ mountains.
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- 1. Mountains often serve as _______ features that define natural borders of countries.
- 4. result for Major mountain ranges of the world
- 5. refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation of.
- 6. _____ blocks Several movements of the earth’s crust that lead to mountains are associated with faults.
- 8. _____ volcanoes, are supplied by a magma source in the Earth’s mantle called a mantle plume.
- 10. The world's tallest mountain ranges form when pieces of ______ crust(called plates)smash against each other
- 12. Volcanic mountains form when molten rock from deep inside the Earth _____ through the crust and piles up on itself
- 14. Six Major Mountain _____