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The type of mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward?
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Folded Mountains
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What type of mountain is created when rock layers are pushed up by forces by earth?
upwarped :3
What type of mountains form in where rocks are being pushed together?
Folded Mountain
How are layers formed in a Sedimentary Rock?
The layers are formed by the deposition of sediments carried by wind, water, or ice.
The depth to which an inverted drinking glass must be pushed beneath the surface of water so that the volume of enclosed air is squeezed to half is?
10.3 m
What happens when wet warm water air is pushed up the side of the mountain?
The water vapor melts and it goes into the mountain
The type of mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward is the?
Folded Mountains
Description of a fold mountain?
Folded mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward. If you take a pile of paper on a table top and push on opposite edges of the pile, you will see how a folded mountain forms. They can appear crunched up together. They are ranges that are formed at a convergent boundary.
What will happen to the particles inside a balloon when it is squeezed?
They will be pushed closer together.
What type of mountain form in areas where rocks are being pushed together?
rocky moutains form when rocks are being pushed together.
What type of mountain is created when rock layers are pushed up by forces by earth?
upwarped :3
What type of mountain is created when rock layers are pushed up by forces inside the earth?
upwarped :3
How do folded volcanic and fault block mountains differ?
Volcanic mountains can erupt, folded mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward, fault block mountains form when tension makes the lithosphere break into many normal faults
What type of mountains form in where rocks are being pushed together?
Folded Mountain
When all the land in the Earth came together during this era the first mountain were pushed up.?
Paleozoic
What is the force that happens when matter is pushed or squeezed?
Pressure, usually reported as atmospheres.
How are layers formed in a Sedimentary Rock?
The layers are formed by the deposition of sediments carried by wind, water, or ice.
Explain what type of stress in the crust results in the formation of folded mountains?
Folded mountains are the result of compression stress in the earth's crust. This is a movement of plates that presses together or squeezes Earth's crust and is also known as convergent boundary.
