Mountains formed by compressional folding are
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Fold mountains form by compression and folding.
English • physical-geography
Last updated on 2026-02-07
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Bundle 1
Bundle ID: 1100000010
Mountains formed by compressional folding are
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Fold mountains form by compression and folding.
A block of crust dropped down between faults is a
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A graben is a down-dropped block.
An upthrown block between faults is a
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A horst is an uplifted fault block.
A fold that bends upward like an arch is an
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Anticlines arch upward.
A fold that bends downward is a
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Synclines bend downward.
A large body of intrusive igneous rock is a
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Batholiths are massive intrusive bodies.
A vertical sheet of igneous rock cutting across layers is a
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Dikes cut across existing layers.
A horizontal sheet of igneous rock between layers is a
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Sills intrude parallel to layers.
A mountain formed by faulting and uplift of blocks is a
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Block mountains form by faulting.
A broad region of flat-topped high land is a
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Plateaus are elevated flat regions.
Bundle 2
Bundle ID: 1100000011
The process by which water vapor becomes liquid is
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Condensation turns vapor into liquid water.
Water that soaks into the ground is called
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Infiltration is water entering the ground.
The movement of water across Earth's surface is
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Runoff is surface flow of water.
The zone below ground where all pores are filled with water is the
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The saturated zone has water in all pores.
An underground layer that stores and transmits water is an
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Aquifers store and transmit groundwater.
The upper surface of the saturated zone is the
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The water table is the top of saturation.
A spring that erupts periodically due to heated groundwater is a
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Geysers erupt from heated groundwater pressure.
Channels that split off from a main river on a delta are
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Distributaries branch off across deltas.
A lake with no outlet to the sea is
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Endorheic lakes drain internally.
A lake formed in a glacial cirque is a
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Tarns occupy glacial cirques.
Bundle 3
Bundle ID: 1100000012
A biome characterized by grasses and few trees is
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Grasslands are dominated by grasses.
The biome with permafrost and low-growing plants is
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Tundra has permafrost and short vegetation.
A biome dominated by coniferous trees in high latitudes is
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Taiga is a coniferous boreal forest.
The boundary between two air masses is called a
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A front separates air masses.
Warm air rising and cooling is called
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Convection is vertical movement of warm air.
The average decrease of temperature with altitude is the
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Lapse rate describes temperature change with height.
The percentage of water vapor relative to saturation is
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Relative humidity is saturation percentage.
A high-pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere has winds that
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High pressure rotates clockwise outward in the Northern Hemisphere.
A low-pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere has winds that
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Low pressure rotates counterclockwise inward in the Northern Hemisphere.
The process by which plants release water vapor is
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Transpiration releases water vapor from plants.
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