How Were the Mountain Ranges on the Moon Formed

question 179

Multiple Choice

How were the mountain ranges on the Moon formed?

• A) They are "spreading centers," where magma from the mantle pushes through the crust and separates tectonic plates.
• B) They were thrust up as crater walls by impacts of large asteroids.
• C) They are wrinkles in the crust, created when the Moon cooled and shrank slightly in size.
• D) They were pushed up by the collisions of tectonic plates on the lunar surface.

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