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Read the passage and answer the following question(s).
Forming Mountain Ranges
The diagram shows the movement of tectonic plates that cause mountain ranges above ground to form.
The map shows the locations of mountain ranges in North and South America.
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Question 8.
Which best describes how the mountain ranges from the passage formed?
Tectonic plates slid past each other.
Tectonic plates broke apart into many pieces.
Tectonic plates moved away from each other.
Tectonic plates pushed against each other.
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Tectonic plates pushed against each other.
When plates converge (push together), the crust crumples, folds, and is forced upward, forming mountain ranges like the Andes and Rockies.
When plates converge (push together), the crust crumples, folds, and is forced upward, forming mountain ranges like the Andes and Rockies.
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