7B: Tectonic Mountains

Tectonic landforms can form as a result of

• converging tectonic plates

• diverging tectonic plates

• uplift

• subsidence

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Most rifts at divergent zones are underwater.

• True

• False

Which of the following tectonic forces are NOT horizontal?

• compression (convergent)

• tension (divergent)

• uplift

• subsidence

Water deposits sediment in flat or nearly flat layers. If the rock strata become folded without breaking, they most likely were shaped by tectonic forces during active portions of

• Creation Week

• The Flood

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The Rockies, Appalachians, Alps, and Himalayas are all examples of...

• Rift Valleys

• Fault-Block Mountains

• Folded Mountains

• Basins

The fold known as a(n) ___, is an arch of rock layers.

• anticline

• syncline

The fold known as a(n) ___, is a trough or downward fold of rock strata.

• anticline

• syncline

Which of the following are landforms that result from divergence (tension)?

• Rift Valleys

• Folded Mountains

• Fault-Block Mountains

• Basins

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A __ is a series of steep-walled valleys lined with high cliffs rising from faults parallel to the valley

• basin

• plateau

• rift

• dome

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Although most rift zones are underwater, tension forces have created rifts on the _____ continent that have filled with water to become lakes.

• North American

• South American

• European

• African

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