How were the mountain ranges on the Moon formed?
A) They are "spreading centers," where magma from the mantle pushes through the crust and separates tectonic plates.
B) They were thrust up as crater walls by impacts of large asteroids.
C) They are wrinkles in the crust, created when the Moon cooled and shrank slightly in size.
D) They were pushed up by the collisions of tectonic plates on the lunar surface.
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