Question

Use the information you learned in the Plate Tectonics activity to answer the following question.

The Himalayas are an example of a mountain range created by two plates colliding at a __________ boundary.
A.
transform
B.
divergent
C.
convergent
D.
oceanic

Please select the best answer from the choices provided
A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian continental plates at a convergent plate boundary (continental-continental convergence).