Earth/Space Test 6

Which of the following features was formed by oceanic – continental plate convergence?

• the Himalaya

• the Andes Mountains

• the Hawaiian Islands

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Volcanoes can only form along tectonic plate boundaries.

• True

• False

The erosive process of breaking and removing the rocks from the surface of the Earth and the wearing away of the terrestrial land by Earth's environment is called:

• weathering.

• erosion.

• denudation.

• mass wasting.

Which of the following was created by the convergence of two continental tectonic plates?

• the Hawaiian Islands

• the Himalaya

• the Grand Canyon

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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:

• denudation.

• sedimentation.

• orogeny.

• structural flow.

Which of the following is formed from an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust allows hot magma and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface?

• a fold mountain

• a fault-block mountain

• a volcanic mountain

• an erosional mountain

Which of the following best describes the mountain in the picture?

• the Matterhorn, a fold mountain in Europe

• Kilimanjaro, a volcano in Africa

• Mt, Fuji, a volcano in Japan

• Mt. St. Helens, A volcano in Washington State, USA

The formation of which type of mountains is being illustrated here?

• fold mountains

• volcanic mountains

• fault-block mountains

• erosional mountains

This picture illustrates one of the two ways that fault-block mountains can form.

• True

• False

Which type of mountains are formed when other types of mountains are weathered and eroded over time by wind and water?

• erasure mountains

• eradicated mountains

• extinguished mountains

• erosional mountains