Mountain Building

Forces and events leading to a large structural deformation of the Earth's lithosphere (crust and uppermost mantle) due to the engagement of tectonic plates is called:

• orogeny.

• lithification.

• mass-wasting.

• deposition.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following IS NOT a major type of mountain on Earth today?

• divergent mountains

• fault-block mountains

• fold mountains

• volcanic mountains

• erosional mountains

A conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava and volcanic ash is referred to as:.

• a stratovolcano.

• a shield volcano.

• a tectonic volcano.

• a hotspot.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The islands of Hawaii were created by which of the following processes?

• an intraplate hotspot

• a plate subduction zone

• a plate divergent zone

• a transform plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following processes can create fold mountains?

• convergent plate boundaries – subduction

• divergent plate boundaries - seafloor spreading

• transform plate boundaries - strike slip faults

• meteoroid impact

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Which of the following are formed by the movement of large crustal pieces of rock when forces in the Earth’s crust pull them apart?

• fault-block mountains

• volcanoes

• strike-slip faults

• convergent zones

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Which of the following deadly events are caused either directly of indirectly by mountain building? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!

• volcanic eruptions

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• craters

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following locations HAS NOT suffered a major earthquake in the recent past?

• Australia

• Haiti

• Chili

• Indonesia

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Mt. St. Helens is located on the Ring of Fire.

• True

• False

The Alps are which type of mountains?

• fold mountains

• fault block mountains

• volcanic mountains

• strike-slip mountains

• erosional mountains

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