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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 Pangaea.
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
The Appalachians are the oldest mountain range in North America.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14
Some of the oldest rocks on Earth are from ancient mountain belts.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15
The highest mountains also have the deepest roots.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16
All mountain ranges form from folding of Earth's crust.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17
Rocks metamorphosed at great depths beneath the surface can be exhumed in the cores of mountain ranges.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18
The highest mountains on Earth also have the greatest density.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19
Orogeny is a general term used by geologists to describe mountain building processes.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20
Isostatic adjustment does not take place during orogeny.
A)True
B)False





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