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Unit Plan

Ga Virtual Learning: Mountain Building

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In this interactive tutorial you will learn how pressure creates stress and strain on rocks. Learn how different types of strain are produced by different plate tectonic settings, and explore the different types of mountain ranges and relate each to different plate tectonic settings.

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Concepts
plate tectonics
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Additional Tags
anticline, deformation, dip-slip fault, monocline, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, syncline, terrane, thrust fault, georgia virtual learning, georgia virtual learning: mountain building, ms-ess2-1, mountain building, cycling of earth's materials
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
NGSS
MS-ESS2-1