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.