Chapter 11 Worksheets

Complete the worksheets

Section 11.1Complete the graphic organizer that

shows the cycle by which mountains are eroded and created.

3. Mountains begin to erode

4. Sediments carried by rivers to ocean

5. Sediments accumulate in ocean

7. Sediments from ocean are deposited on continental crust

Section 11.2Complete the graphic organizer with

information from the section.

1.Types of stress, including:

• Compression

• Tension

• Shear

Lead to

Section 11.22.

• Folds

• Anticlines

• Synclines

Section 11.23. Faults, classified as

• Normal

• Reverse

• Thrust

• Strike-slip

Section 11.24. Joints

Section 11.2After You Read

1. Along what formation do folded rock layers tend to occur?

Continental margins

2. At what depth do folded rock layers tend to occur?

Deep beneath Earth’s surface

Section 11.2After You Read

3. Name two places where folded mountains can be found.

New Zealand

Appalachians

Section 11.2After You Read

Complete the graphic organizer below by noting the process by which each type of mountain is created and listing one or more examples of each.

1. Folded mountains: Two continental plates move toward each other; the plates collide and subduction stops; rocks at the edges of the plates crumple up into folded mountains; Appalachians, Alps, northern Rocky mountains, Urals, Himalayas

Section 11.3While You Read

2. Volcanic mountains: Volcanic activity tends to form mountains; Examples: the Cascades, some Himalayan mountains.

3. Dome mountains: Uplifting forces or igneous intrusions push rock layers up into a dome; examples: Mountains on the border of the Colorado Plateau or the Rocky mountains.

4. Fault-block mountains: tension due to uplifting forces stretches the Earth’s crust, and faults from along the surface; blocks of crust are thrust upward; examples: Sierra Nevada, Wasatch Range, Teton Range.

Folded Mountains

Volcanic Mountains

Dome Mountains

Fault-block Mountains

Section 11.3After You Read

Review this section for examples of changes in the Earth’s surface that are ongoing. List three examples.

The Indian plate is pushing into the Eurasian plate; in some parts of the western United States, the crust is being uplifted; in the Great Rift Valley, rising magma is forcing the crust upward.