Mountain Building on Earth

The video tutorial explores different mountain ranges, such as the Appalachians, Cascades, and Rockies, and explains the process of mountain building. It highlights how mountains form through tectonic plate collisions, particularly at convergent plate boundaries. The video demonstrates folding caused by plate convergence and describes different types of mountains, including folded and fault-block mountains, with examples like the Appalachian Mountains and those in Death Valley.

Which of the following is a common feature of the Appalachians, the Cascades, and the Rockies?

• They are all rivers.

• They are all mountain ranges.

• They are all deserts.

• They are all valleys.

What initiated the mountain building process of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Tectonic plate collisions

• Erosion

• Meteor impacts

The Cascade Range is formed due to the convergence of which two tectonic plates?

• African and South American plates

• Pacific and Eurasian plates

• Juan de Fuca and North American plates

• Indian and Australian plates

What happens when two pieces of foam are pushed together, simulating tectonic plate movement?

• They break apart

• They fold upwards

• They sink

• They melt

Which type of mountains are found in Death Valley, California?

• Dome mountains

• Fault-block mountains

• Folded mountains

• Volcanic mountains