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Determine whether each of the statements below is true or false.

1
All mountain ranges form from the same geologic processes
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2
The Appalachian Mountains formed when Africa and North America collided during the assembly of Pangea.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3
The Himalayas are among the youngest mountains on Earth today.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4
The geologic history of mountain belts is typically quite complex.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5
Folding of mountain ranges results in dramatic shortening of the Earth's crust.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
Mountain belts have existed since very early in Earth's history.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7
Fault block mountains only form at divergent plate boundaries.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8
Accretionary wedges are slices of oceanic rocks accreted to the leading edge of active continental margins.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9
Mountain ranges do not respond to isostatic adjustments.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10
Mountain ranges are affected by tectonic processes, climate processes, and erosional processes.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11
The Basin and Range Province of North America has the thickest crust in North America.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12
Terranes accreted to continents increase the size of the continent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13
A terrane in Alaska originated in the southern Pacific ocean.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14
The Appalachians are the oldest mountain range in North America.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15
Some of the oldest rocks on Earth are from ancient mountain belts.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16
The highest mountains also have the deepest roots.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17
All mountain ranges form from folding of Earth's crust.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18
Rocks metamorphosed at great depths beneath the surface can be exhumed in the cores of mountain ranges.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19
The highest mountains on Earth also have the greatest density.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20
Orogeny is a general term used by geologists to describe mountain building processes.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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