3.3 the four types of mountains
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Types of Mountains
Mr. Silva
Most Mountains are Formed at
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Three Convergent Plate Collisions
Types of Mountains
Volcanic
FoldedFault-Block
Upwarped
Folded Mountains
-Created by continental/continental plate
collisions
-Form the highest
mountains
-Himilayas are a type
of folded mountain
Fault-Block Mountains
-Created when blocks of rock drop down
compared to other blocks
-Can form narrow valleys
-Basin and Range
mountains are fault-block
Upwarped Mountains
-Created when molten rock rises up in the crust
and pushes layers of rock up above it
-Can also create domes
-Rockies are upwarped
Volcanic Mountains
-Formed when magma spills and hardens on
the Earth’s crust
-Can grow with multiple eruptions
-The Sierra Nevada are
volcanic mountains
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