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Mountain Building

  1.  
    What is Isostasy?
  2.  
    The earth is __% water and ___% land.
  3.  
    What is Isostatic Rebound?
  4.  
    Individual volcanic mountains are called?
  5.  
    The thickness of the crust and density effects ___?
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Mountain Building (Answer Key)

  1.  
    What is Isostasy?
    The displacement of the mantle by Earth's continental and oceanic crust is a condition of equilibrium
  2.  
    The earth is __% water and ___% land.
    70,30
  3.  
    What is Isostatic Rebound?
    The slow process of the crust's rising as the result of the removal of overlying material
  4.  
    Individual volcanic mountains are called?
    Seamounts
  5.  
    The thickness of the crust and density effects ___?
    Elevation

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