Questions about the mountains

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Questions about the mountains

• Why are there different rocks? Why are they
  different colors?
• What are the trenches coming down off the
  mountain?
• Why does this mtn have a unique shape?
• Why do slopes form in some places on mtns and not
  on others?
• How did that mtn get there?
• Are these mtns getting higher or lower over time?
• Where do mtn ranges end and begin?

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Questions about the image

• Why do some parts have mtns and other parts
  dont? For example, the Great Valley of CA?
• Was baja california ever connected to north
  america?
• Why are there patterns in the mtns?
• What made those patterns? Are those mtns being
  pushed together (faster than other mtns?)
• Are mtns and earthquake activity related?
• Will california FALL into the ocean?!?!
• Does water/ocean affect geologic activity
  (quakes)
• Will baja CA be eroded away or covered by ocean?

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Questions about the map

• Why do mountain belts on earth have this pattern
  (of being connected, being in lines, etc.)?
• Why are mtns along the edges of continents, not
  in the interiors of continents?
• Can we figure out how old the mtns were to
  support the idea that continents were connected
  in the past.
• If conts. Were connected, should the mtns be the
  same? Are they?
• Are the islands in Oceania chains of mts related
  to Asia and Australia? Are they mountains coming
  out of the ocean?

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Questions about the outcrop

• What happened first, the folding or the road
  construction?
• If humans didnt fold these rocks, what did?
• What are the forces making this fold?

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Questions about the volcanoes

• What controls whether you get lava or ash/gas?
• What is the source of lava?
• Is there a relation between severity of eruption
  and whether the volcano makes lava or ash?
• (what made Hawaii?)
• WHY do volcanoes exist?
• Do some mtns spontaneously evolve into volcanoes?
• Do volcanoes NEED mountains?
• How do volcanoes form?
• Why do volcanoes occur in some places and not
  others?
• Where and why do we have hot springs?

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Questions about the city scene

• (Why are there earthquakes in places that dont
  have big mtns?)
• Why were some buildings damaged but not others?
• Can volcanoes cause quakes?
• If quakes and volcanoes serve to release energy,
  what would the consequences be if they were
  taken away?
• Why does D.F. have both quakes and volcanoes?

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Questions about the earthquake map

• Why do some areas have more quakes?
• Are mtns and quakes related?
• Are quakes only happening on land, can they also
  happen in the ocean?
• Are ocean waves caused by quakes (P waves)?
• Will the mtns in the ocean basins eventually form
  exposed land (continents)?
• Do underwater volcanoes exist? Are they similar
  to above-water volcanoes?