Chapter 20: Mountain Building

Which section of the diagram best represents the most common elevation range of areas that are above sea level?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which factor would be most useful in predicting the amount of mantle a certain volume of crust will displace?

• temperature of the mantle

• density of the crust

• chemical composition of the mantle

• temperature of the crust

Which lists the types of convergent boundaries in order, from those that produce the smallest mountain belts to those the produce the largest mountain belts?

• oceanic-oceanic; oceanic-continental; continental-continental

• oceanic-continental; oceanic-oceanic; continental-continental

• continental-continental; oceanic-continental; oceanic-oceanic

• oceanic-oceanic; continental-continental; oceanic-continental

The Himalayas are one fo the Earth's tallest mountain ranges. Marine sedimentary rock can be found at the top of some of the individual peaks in the Himalayas. These characteristics would allow you to classify the Himalayas in which column of the chart?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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At time interval A on the timeline, ancestral North American separated from Ancestral Africa along two divergent boundaries. This was the beginning of which process?

• formation of the Appalachian Mountains

• formation of the Himalayas

• formation of the Lesser Antilles

• formation of the Adirondack Mountains

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Which label best summarizes the trend represented by the arrow in the diagram?

• increasing temperature

• decreasing density

• decreasing age

• increasing density

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The Lesser Antilles and the Appalachian Mountains are similar in that they were both formed ______.

• by convergence

• by faulting

• by volcanoes

• by oceanic plate movement

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Which lists Earth materials in order of increasing density/

• oceanic crust, continental crust, mantle

• mantle, oceanic crust, continental crust

• continental crust, oceanic crust, mantle

• continental crust, mantle, oceanic crust

What is the difference between the average depth of the ocean and the average elevation of exposed land, as shown on the diagram?

• 841 m

• 3024 m

• 3865 m

• 4706 m

Subduction zones form at ______.

• only oceanic-oceanic boundaries

• only oceanic-continental boundaries

• both oceanic-oceanic boundaries and oceanic-continental boundaries

• neither oceanic-oceanic boundaries or oceanic-continental boundaries

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