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Mountain Building Quiz | Mountain Building Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Questions
1 What is the name of the mountain chain that runs along the western margin of South America?
A Applachians
B Andes
C Himalayas
D Cordillera

Answer: Andes
2 The oldest rocks tend to be found __________.
A in the interiors of ocean basins
B on the margins of ocean basins
C in the interior of continents
D along the margins of continents

Answer: in the interior of continents
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3 What is the general term for periods of mountain-building that include folding, faulting, magmatism and metamorphism?
A rejuvenation
B convergence
C orogeny
D sedimentation

Answer: orogeny
4 Approximately how old are the oldest continental rocks?
A 50 million years old
B 250 million years old
C 1 billion years old
D 4 billion years old

Answer: 4 billion years old
5 Continental crust provides a record of about ________% of Earth's history.
A 5
B 25
C 50
D 95

Answer: 95
6 Oceanic crust provides a record of about ________% of Earth's history.
A 5
B 25
C 50
D 75

Answer: 5
7 Which of the following mountain chains was not the result of a continental collision during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea?
A Applachians
B Caledonides
C Himalayas
D Urals

Answer: Himalayas
8 Which of the following mountains formed by general upward movement without major faulting?
A Teton Range
B Black Hills
C Sierra Nevada
D Cascade Mountains

Answer: Black Hills
9 Which of the following is an example of an epeirogenic sedimentary basin?
A Connecticut River valley
B Michigan Basin
C Atlantic coastal plain
D none of these

Answer: Michigan Basin
10 In which of the following regions would you expect to find the thickest sequence of sedimentary rocks?
A on continental platforms
B along mid-ocean ridges
C in the middle of the ocean basin, away from a ridge
D on continental shelves

Answer: on continental shelves
11 Gradual vertical movements of the crust without significant deformation are called ______.
A fault blocks
B orogenies
C cratons
D epeirogeny

Answer: epeirogeny
12 How thick are the sedimentary rocks in the Gulf of Mexico?
A 200 meters
B 1000 meters
C 10,000 meters
D 100 kilometers

Answer: 10,000 meters
13 Which of the following rivers runs along a rift valley?
A the Mississippi
B the Connecticut River
C the Colorado
D the Ohio

Answer: the Connecticut River
14 Which of the following is an example of a fault-block mountain range?
A the Adirondacks of New York
B the Cascade Mountains
C the Tetons
D all of these

Answer: the Tetons
15 Which of the following occurred most recently?
A initial rifting of the Atlantic Ocean
B Basin and Range
C uplift of the Himalayas
D collision of North America and Africa

Answer: Basin and Range
16 The topography of the Basin and Range province in western North America is caused by ___________. ?
A normal faulting
B thrust faulting
C strike-slip faulting
D collision

Answer: normal faulting
17 The North American Cordillera formed over a period of _________
A 10 million years
B 50 million years
C 250 million years
D 1 billion years

Answer: 1 billion years
18 Which of the following did not form as a result of the collision between Asia and India?
A the Himalayas
B the Tiebetan Plateau
C the Altyn Tagh strike-slip fault
D the Ural Mountains

Answer: the Ural Mountains
19 The Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado is an example of a ______.
A fault block mountains
B folded mountain
C upwarped mountain
D volcanic mountain

Answer: upwarped mountain
20 Which of the following regions contains numerous fault-block mountain ranges?
A Applachians
B Basin and Range
C Canadian Shield
D Great Plains

Answer: Basin and Range

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