Question

As a mountain grows older, its
a. peak becomes sharper and height increases.
b. peak becomes sharper and height decreases.
c. peak becomes rounded and height increases.
d. peak becomes rounded and height decreases.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Mountains have evoked awe and inspired artists and adventurers throughout human existence. Recent research has led to important new insights into how these most magnificent of Earths formations came to be. Mountains are created and shaped, it appears, not only by the movements of the vast tectonic plates that make up Earths exterior but also by climate and erosion. In particular, the interactions between tectonic, climatic and erosional processes exert strong control over the shape and maximum height of mountains as well as the amount of time necessary to build--or destroy--a mountain range. Paradoxically, the shaping of mountains seems to depend as much on the destructive forces of erosion as on the constructive power of tectonics. In fact, after 100 years of viewing erosion as the weak sibling of tectonics, many geologists now believe erosion actually may be the strong one in the family. In the words of one research group, "Savor the irony should mountains owe their [muscles] to the drumbeat of tiny raindrops."

Because of the importance of mountain

Answer 2

Answer:

d

Explanation:

As the mountain grows older it's becomes rounded and height decreases