Ch 11.3: Mountains and Plates

Multiple Choice

What type of mountains are produced by ocean-ocean convergence?

• parallel belts of folded mountains and volcanic mountains

• mainly volcanic mountains

• a continental volcanic arc

• parallel belts of uplifted mountains and volcanic mountains

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of mountains formed as a result of ocean-ocean convergence?

• the Andes Mountains

• the Himalayas

• the Hawaiian Islands

• the volcanoes of the Philippines

Multiple Choice

What type of mountains are produced by ocean-continental convergence?

• folded mountains and volcanic mountains

• folded mountains only

• mainly volcanic mountains

• fault-block mountains and volcanic mountains

Multiple Choice

At a continental-continental convergent boundary...

• ...fault-block mountains are formed.

• ...both continental plates are subducted.

• ...folded mountains result.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following mountain ranges was formed by a continental-continental convergent boundary?

• the Andes Mountains

• the Black Hills

• the Himalayas

• the Sierra Nevada

Multiple Choice

What are the major types of mountain ranges that are formed at convergent plate boundaries?

• fault-block and uplifted mountains

• fault-block and folded mountains

• folded and volcanic mountains

• volcanic and fault-block mountains

Multiple Choice

What type of mountains are most common at divergent plate boundaries?

• folded mountains

• uplifted mountains

• fold-and-thrust belts

• fault-block mountains

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of non-boundary mountains?

• the Andes Mountains

• the Himalayas

• the Hawaiian Islands

• the volcanoes of the Philippines