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Battle of the Fold Mountains

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The major force that forms folded mountains.
a)
compressional force
b)
impression force 
c)
depressions force
d)
plateau
2.

Downfolds in fold mountains are called ______________.

a)

Anticlines

b)

Synclines

c)

Monoclines

d)

Declines

3.

True or False


The types of mountains formed by oceanic-continental convergence are volcanic mountains and folded mountains.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What force is experienced by the rocks layers?

a)

compression

b)

shearing

c)

tension

5.

What mountain range is located in North America

a)

Appalachian

b)

Alps

c)

Atlas

d)

Himalayas

6.

How do Fault-Block mountains form?

a)

When tension makes the earth move.

b)

When tension makes the crust break into many pieces.

c)

When tension makes the fold mountains break.

d)

When tension makes the mountains rise up into the atmosphere.

7.
How do Folded Mountains form?
a)
Forms when layers are turned upside down.
b)
Forms when layers are small and begin to grow. 
c)
Forms when layers are move downward into the core. 
d)
Forms when layers are squeezed and pushed together upward. 
8.

Which of the following is not a type of mountain

a)

Box mountain

b)

Fold mountain

c)

Block mountain

d)

Volcanic mountain

9.

What feature forms at a divergent boundary between two continental lithospheric plates?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Folded Mountains

c)

Deep Oceanic Trench

d)

Mid Oceanic Ridge

10.

What is the driving force behind lithospheric plate movement? (Check all correct answers)

a)

Convection currents in the mantle

b)

Flow of Phlogiston in the atmosphere

c)

Ridge Push and Slab Pull force in the Lithosphere

d)

Convection in the outer core and the electromagnetic force

e)

Rotational forces from Earth spinning

11.

The Rockies were formed between which two tectonic plates?

a)

North American and Juan de Fuca Plate

b)

North American and African Plate

c)

North American and South American Plate

d)

North American and the Cocos Plate

12.

The Atlas Mountains were formed between which two tectonic plates?

a)

African and South American Plate

b)

African and Arabian Plate

c)

African and Pacific Plate

d)

African and Eurasian Plate

13.

The Alps were formed between which two plates?

a)

Eurasian and the South American Plate

b)

Eurasian and the Arabian Plate

c)

Eurasian and the North American Plate

d)

Eurasian and the African Plate

14.

The Andes Mountains were formed between which two plates?

a)

South American and African Plate

b)

South American and Nazca Plate

c)

South American and Scotia Plate

d)

South American and North American Plate

15.

The Himalayas were formed between which two tectonic plates?

a)

The Indian and Pacific Plate

b)

The Indian and African Plate

c)

The Indian and Eurasian Plate

d)

The Indian and Australian plate