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| 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? |
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| What is it called when a series of mountain peaks are together? |
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| What is a group of mountain rages? |
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| What are the four types of mountains? |
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1) Depositional Mountains
2) Erosional Mountains
3) Fold Mountains
4) Fault-Block Mountains |
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| How do depositional mountains form? |
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| Accumulation of rocks on the earth's surface. |
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| How do erosional mountains form? |
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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? |
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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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| What is a crack in a rock formation along which there are no indications of slippage? |
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| 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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