Mountains By Gage F

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