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Which best describes how the mountain ranges from the passage formed?
Tectonic plates slid past each other.
Tectonic plates moved away from each other.
Tectonic plates pushed against each other.
Tectonic plates broke apart into many pieces.
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Tectonic plates pushed against each other.
When plates converge, compression forces fold, fault, and uplift the crust, forming mountain ranges (e.g., the Himalayas from India colliding with Eurasia).
When plates converge, compression forces fold, fault, and uplift the crust, forming mountain ranges (e.g., the Himalayas from India colliding with Eurasia).
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