Mountain formation

Choose the sentences which are true for geosysnclines.

• Geosynclines can be mountains or hills.

• Geosysnclines can be seas or oceans.

• Sedimentary or volcanic rock can be found in geosynclines.

• The material of mountains is accumulated in geosynclines.

Choose the true sentence.

• Sedimentary rocks are formed when two plates collide.

• Gneiss and marble are sedimentary rocks.

• Sedimentary rocks are formed from the remains of plants and animals.

• We cannot find sedimentary rocks in geosynclines.

True or false? Metamorphic rocks can be formed at great depth when rocks are recrystallized because of high tempretaure and pressure.

• true

• false

Mountain formation is typically in connection with ...

• divergent plate bounderies.

• convergent plate boundarie.

• transform plate bounderies.

The Alps and the Carphatians are the results of the collision of two oceanic plates.

• True

• False

• I have no idea.

The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian and the Indo Australian Plates.

• True

• No

True or false? In the forming of the Eurasian mountain system sedimentary rocks played the main role.

• True

• False

The Andes can be found in ...

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

During the formation of the Andes one continental and one oceanic plate collided.

• True

• False

Which plate will subduct when a continental and an oceanic plate collide?

• continental, because it is ticker

• continental, because it is denser

• oceanic, because it is thinner

• oceanic, because it is denser