1. What does the symbol * Rocky Mountains mean? San Andreas Fault 2. What does the symbol mean? Appalachian Mountains 3. What is a fault? Sierra Nevada 4. What is the name of the fault State borders shown? A Mountains 5. What kind of landform is sometimes formed by faulting?

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1. What does the symbol
Rocky
Mountains
mean?
San
2. What does the symbol,
Andreas
Fault
mean?
Appalachian
Mountains
3. What is a fault?
Sierra
Nevada
4. What is the name of the fault
State borders
shown?
A Mountains
5. What kind of landform is
sometimes formed by faulting?
6. What happens when movement occurs along a fault?
7. What three mountain systems are shown on the map?
8. Which mountain system shown was most likely formed by faulting?
Why?
9. What kind of mountains are formed by faulting?
10. What are two kinds of landforms other than mountains?
Transcribed Image Text:Activity: 1. What does the symbol Rocky Mountains mean? San 2. What does the symbol, Andreas Fault mean? Appalachian Mountains 3. What is a fault? Sierra Nevada 4. What is the name of the fault State borders shown? A Mountains 5. What kind of landform is sometimes formed by faulting? 6. What happens when movement occurs along a fault? 7. What three mountain systems are shown on the map? 8. Which mountain system shown was most likely formed by faulting? Why? 9. What kind of mountains are formed by faulting? 10. What are two kinds of landforms other than mountains?
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