The first thing to say is that there are two geographical features with the same name: the Rocky Mountain System and the Rocky Mountains (s.s.) that are part of it.The complete orographic system is something like a very varied sample of geological and tectonic processes.The system extends for more than 2982 miles, from Canada to the southern United States, (state of New Mexico). Its transverse extension varies between 68 and 300 miles, with the eastern edge being very close to Denver, and constituting a prominent feature within the central plains of the continent.The far west is not far from Salt Lake City, Utah, and is separated from the Sierra Nevada, Cascade, and Coastal chains-farther west-by the Great Basin and the Columbia River Plateau.The Rocky Mountains end before entering Alaska, not the System that contains them, which is also known to include the highest peaks in North America. In the United States, the highest height is recorded at Mount Elbert in Colorado, showing 4,401 m.s.n.m.Also in the Rocky Mountains is the watershed of the continent, which obviously separates the basins that drain towards the Pacific from those that drain towards the Atlantic.
Answer:
Uplift raised the level of a piece of crust.
Mountains eroded.
Basaltic lava flowed from cracks in the crust.
Explanation:
A plateau can form in several different ways. It can form because of volcanic activity, the collision of plates, uplift of crust, and erosion.
Uplift that has raised a piece of crust can easily form this plateau. If the crust that is moving up is relatively flat at the top, then it will stick out in the surrounding area like a mountain will, but it will have a relatively flat top, thus making a plateau.
Erosion is very often a factor that creates plateaus. If there is a very large piece of crust that is much more solid than its surroundings, it will erode at a much slower rate. This will result in the crust around it to erode while it remains close to its initial form, thus sticking out as a higher relief form.
In the areas where there is or has been volcanic activity, it is common that plateaus as the one on the image are found. When the lava flows it fills in the valleys, cracks, holes, and when it solidifies it creates solid masses of igneous rocks. These rocks erode very slowly, so while all of the surroundings erode faster and lower down, it remains largely the same in the form of a plateau.
Answer:
Existing rocks join together under high heat and pressure.
Explanation:
There are three major groups of rocks, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, and sedimentary rocks. Each of them has their own unique way in which they form. The igneous rocks are the basis for the formation of the other two, and they form from magma/lava that has cooled off. The metamorphic rocks form from preexisting rocks, where deep into the crust they experience high pressure and temperatures and change their properties. Sedimentary rocks form from the breaking apart from the previous two types of rocks, and later merging together under the right conditions.
The metamorphic rocks can have igneous, sedimentary, or mixed origin. In order for these rocks to form they need to be deep into the crust where the pressure and temperatures are much higher. The high pressure and temperatures lead to the merging of different types of rcoks, change their properties, and create a new type of rock. This is one of the reasons why the metamorphic rocks often have multiple colors and they are alligned like layers.
Answer: (9.)Oceanic-Oceanic & Continental-Continental (10.)Oceanic-Oceanic & Continental-Continental.
Explanation:Can't do 11 because there is no picture of the model.
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