Question

Which answer choice best describes the difference between folded mountains and shield volcanoes?

Folded mountains form only at divergent plate boundaries, whereas shield volcanoes form only at convergent plate boundaries.

Folded mountains form only at convergent plate boundaries, whereas shield volcanoes form only at divergent plate boundaries.

Folded mountains form when hot, fluid rock rises through thin spots in Earth's crust, whereas shield volcanoes form when segments of Earth's crust are bent and doubled over.

Answer 1

or Folded mountains form when segments of Earth's crust are bent and doubled over, whereas shield volcanoes form when hot, fluid rock rises through thin spots in Earth's crust.