Q: What is the term for a mountain-building event?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

A mountain-building event is called an orogeny . Orogenies take place over tens or hundreds of millions of years. Continents smash into each other. Microcontinents and island arcs smash into continents. All of these events cause mountains to rise.

 Choices:

- glaciation

- volcanism

- erosion

- orogeny


A:
orogeny