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- Name two mountain ranges, which were formed by the collision of continental
plates.
- Why are so many active volcanoes situated in the Andes?
- How did the Ural form and why is it lower in elevation than the Alps?
- Diagram the rock cycle from memory and briefly describe the main processes.
- Which main rock type is dominant in the area where you live and why?
- What consequences would it have for mountain formation and alpine
ecology, if erosion and weathering did not exist?
- Why can sedimentary rocks, e.g. limestone with shells, sometimes sit
on top of high mountains, although they were once deposited in an ocean?
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