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Plates come together and collide, and the edges of the two plates may clump together and rise up. This process is called _________.

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rising
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folding
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colliding
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faulting
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Solution

The correct option is B folding
When two tectonic plates collide at the convergent boundaries, rocks and debris get wrapped up and fold into mountains. The mountains created in this process are called fold mountains.

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