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What is it called when a force builds up mountains and landmasses on earths surface?
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When the Indian Tectonic Plate crashed into the European Plate, the softer Indian Plate was forced downwards and underneath the European Plate. This caused the European Plate to rise up and form the Himalayas.
Volcanoes are also forming land, with new islands rising out of the sea. Surtsey, near Iceland, reached the surface on 14 November 1963.
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What is called An opening on the earth's surface which molten rock flows and the material that builds up around the opening together form a?
a volcanoe
Landforms such as mountains rivers and valleys that make up the surface features of an area called?
geographical features
Surface materials on Earth?
forests,savanahs,deserts,oceans,mountains,tundras,water and grass
How is Earth's surface?
conduction
What is the moon characterized by?
Impact craters, mountains, smooth dark area called Maria, highly reflective and powdery surface, rocky terrain.
What are large landmasses on earth's surface?
Large landmasses on the earth's surface are the continents.These are (in no particular order):AfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAntarctica
What forms when lava cools on earth's surface?
Lava creates islands, minerals, rock formations (igneous), and builds onto the volcano.
What are mountains formed by magma that reach the Earth's surface?
Mountains formed by magma that reach the Earth's surface are called volcanic mountains or ridges.
Which mountains are formed by the eruption of magma on earths surface?
Such mountains are called volcanoes.
Mountains formed by magma that reaches the Earths surface are?
Mountains formed by magma that reaches the Earth's surface are called volcanoes.
Why don't the earth's surface currents travel freely across the globe in a uniform pattern?
The landmasses cause the water to turn. This is called Continental Deflection.
A group of minerals chemically united on the earth's surface forms a matter called?
Mountains jackass Mountains jackass
What are landmasses surrounded completely by water called?
They are called islands
How many landmasses did I all continents once from?
One. Once all landmasses made up a supercontinent called Pangea.
What is Name for the seven large landmasses?
They are called continents.
The major landmasses of the earth are called?
edaphology and pedology
What are landforms such as mountains rivers and valleys that make up the surface features of an area is called?
It can be called its "terrain" or topography.
