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  1. Describe what can happen when two continental plates collide.
  1. Describe what can happen when an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide.
  1. What type of plate movement formed the Himalayas?
  1. What type of plate movement formed the Cascade Range?
  1. What force caused u-shaped valleys to develop in the Sierra Nevadas?
  1. What forces created Mt. St. Helens? (Hint: Review the pictures in this lesson.)
  1. Define the term “subduction.”
  1. Name at least two areas where mountains continue to form.
  1. Mt. Everest is a part of which mountain range? (Hint: Review the pictures in this lesson.)
  1. What caused the earth's crust to break into a series of valleys and mountain ranges in the area that we call the Sierra Nevadas?