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What would happen to the earths continents if mountain were not being continuously formed?
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∙ 9y ago
If mountains weren't being formed there would be a lot more earthquakes. This would be due to the build up of pressure at the fault lines.
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What continents collided to for crowders mountain?
Crowders Mountain is part of the Appalachians, which formed during the Alleghenian Orogeny. The mountains formed when the continents of the time, Euramerica and Gondwana, collided to form the supercontinent Pangaea. The sections of the continents that collided correspond to the modern continents of Africa and North America.
What type of mountain is the only one that is formed by adding new material to the earths suface?
It is an active volcano.
What kind of land form can be formed by a convergent boundary between two continents?
Mountain Range, example is the Himalayas Mountains in ASIA, formed from collision of Indian with Asia during its northward migration from Gondwanaland.
What type of mountain is formed when the earths crust is squeezed together?
It depends on the type of plates coming together but two continental plates will form a mountain chain. An example would be the Indian sub-continent colliding with Asia to form the Himalayas.
What question did wegener's theory answer?
how were the continents formed
Which type of mountain is formed by colliding continents?
The type of mountain that is formed by colliding continents is the upward mountain.
What forms when continents collide?
Mountain chains are formed when continents collide.
Who formed the hypothesis that earths continents move?
alfrid wegner
How was pine mountain formed?
Pine Mountain was formed by the lifting and folding of the earth's surface that occurred when the continents collided.
What process causes Earth's crust to be continuously formed by volcanic activity?
Pressure from the earths core
What continents collided to for crowders mountain?
Crowders Mountain is part of the Appalachians, which formed during the Alleghenian Orogeny. The mountains formed when the continents of the time, Euramerica and Gondwana, collided to form the supercontinent Pangaea. The sections of the continents that collided correspond to the modern continents of Africa and North America.
What type of mountain is formed when lava reaches the earths surface and piles up?
A volcanic mountain.
How did Alfred wegener think mountain were formed?
Alfred thought that mountain were formed by two continents smashing together with such force that the land was forced up.
How did wegener think mountain formed?
Alfred thought that mountain were formed by two continents smashing together with such force that the land was forced up.he belived they formed when water was high then evaperated
How did they think mountains were formed in the 1900's?
Alfred thought that mountain were formed by two continents smashing together with such force that the land was forced up.
What type of mountain is the only one that is formed by adding new material to the earths surface?
Volcano
What type of mountain is the only one that is formed by adding new material to the earths suface?
It is an active volcano.
