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Mountain Building
Instructions:
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What is Isostasy?
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The earth is __% water and ___% land.
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What is Isostatic Rebound?
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Individual volcanic mountains are called?
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The thickness of the crust and density effects ___?
Mountain Building
(Answer Key)
Instructions:
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What is Isostasy?
The displacement of the mantle by Earth's continental and oceanic crust is a condition of equilibrium
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The earth is __% water and ___% land.
70,30
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What is Isostatic Rebound?
The slow process of the crust's rising as the result of the removal of overlying material
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Individual volcanic mountains are called?
Seamounts
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The thickness of the crust and density effects ___?
Elevation