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1 .       As erosion lowers the peaks of mountains, isostatic adjustment gradually lowers the mountains in response. 

 
 


2 .       Strike-slip faults that are associated with plate boundaries are called transform faults. 

 
 


3 .       Under surface conditions, rocks that exceed their elastic limit behave like a brittle solid and fracture. 

 
 


4 .       Most mountain building occurs in tensional environments. 

 
 


5 .       Where the axis of an anticline descends to the ground, the fold is said to be plunging. 

 
 


6 .       In large basins that contain sedimentary rock sloping at low angles, the oldest rocks are found near the center of the structure. 

 
 


7 .       Most major episodes of mountain building have occurred along divergent plate boundaries. 

 
 


8 .       Fault-block mountains are common in the Basin and Range Province of the southwestern United States. 

 
 


9 .       Terrane refers to any crustal fragment whose geologic history is distinct from that of adjoining fragments. 

 
 


10 .       The Appalachians resulted from collisions between North America, Europe, and northern Africa. 

 
 


11 .       Aleutian-type subduction zones occur where two oceanic plates converge. 

 
 


12 .       Most folds result from compressional stresses in the crust. 

 
 






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