How Were Nearly All of the Present Mountain Ranges Formed

question 40

Multiple Choice

How were nearly all of the present mountain ranges formed?

• A)tilting of rift blocks into half grabens
• B)compression of areas along transform plate boundaries
• C)addition of accreted terranes to the continents
• D)repeated cycles of collision and rifting

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