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WorksheetsBattle of the Fold Mountains
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Downfolds in fold mountains are called ______________.
Anticlines
Synclines
Monoclines
Declines
True or False
The types of mountains formed by oceanic-continental convergence are volcanic mountains and folded mountains.
True
False
What force is experienced by the rocks layers?
compression
shearing
tension
What mountain range is located in North America
Appalachian
Alps
Atlas
Himalayas
How do Fault-Block mountains form?
When tension makes the earth move.
When tension makes the crust break into many pieces.
When tension makes the fold mountains break.
When tension makes the mountains rise up into the atmosphere.
Which of the following is not a type of mountain
Box mountain
Fold mountain
Block mountain
Volcanic mountain
What feature forms at a divergent boundary between two continental lithospheric plates?
Rift Valley
Folded Mountains
Deep Oceanic Trench
Mid Oceanic Ridge
What is the driving force behind lithospheric plate movement? (Check all correct answers)
Convection currents in the mantle
Flow of Phlogiston in the atmosphere
Ridge Push and Slab Pull force in the Lithosphere
Convection in the outer core and the electromagnetic force
Rotational forces from Earth spinning
The Rockies were formed between which two tectonic plates?
North American and Juan de Fuca Plate
North American and African Plate
North American and South American Plate
North American and the Cocos Plate
The Atlas Mountains were formed between which two tectonic plates?
African and South American Plate
African and Arabian Plate
African and Pacific Plate
African and Eurasian Plate
The Alps were formed between which two plates?
Eurasian and the South American Plate
Eurasian and the Arabian Plate
Eurasian and the North American Plate
Eurasian and the African Plate
The Andes Mountains were formed between which two plates?
South American and African Plate
South American and Nazca Plate
South American and Scotia Plate
South American and North American Plate
The Himalayas were formed between which two tectonic plates?
The Indian and Pacific Plate
The Indian and African Plate
The Indian and Eurasian Plate
The Indian and Australian plate
