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Mountains are formed by earth plates rubbing against each other with so much pressure that it pushes the plates up which form mountains and also volcano.
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Why do isostasy occurs?
equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses
What does land masses of the earth mean?
The land masses of the Earth are the continents.
What is one of the seven large land masses of the earth?
Asia.Any one of these land masses is called a "continent".
What are the largest land masses in the world?
russia
What were the first land masses called?
Pangea
What does the word mountains mean?
Mountains are large high land masses.
Why do isostasy occurs?
equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses
What landform are formed by the crashing of tow land masses?
Two land masses crunching together will form mountains E.g. Himalayas
What are some example constructive force?
Volcanic Eruption. It builds land.
This plate boundary usually forms mountains due to colliding plates?
Convergent boundaries between land masses.
What is the meaning of destructive practices?
A destructive process is a process in which a force destroys land masses on Earth's surface.
Is landslide the same thing as a fault?
No, a landslide is masses of land that has been crushed and is in a liquid-ish state and slides down the sides of mountains, ranges anywhere.. a fault is a line underground that when land masses move and hit the fault causes earthquakes.
What are some of China's land masses?
What land masses are in or near China?
What are the large masses of land?
Large masses of land are called continents.
What does land masses of the earth mean?
The land masses of the Earth are the continents.
What would happen if the continental land masses were static?
-no mountains -Pangaea may still exist -no individual cultures -no earthquakes -no volcano's -no life
How much water is on land is that why theres mountains under water?
There are approximately 326 million trillion gallons of water on the Earth. Water is a constant moving cycle and there is a lot of it on the Earth. The mountains under water are just land masses that have been covered by the water.
