How are mountains formed?

What mountain is formed when two plates are pushed together and creates folds?

• Fold

• Volcanic

• Block

What mountain is formed from an opening in the earths crust that spits out lava?

• Volcanic

• Block

• Fault

• Fold

Theses are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.

• Fault block mountains

• Fold mountains

• Volcanic mountains

The Alps and the Himalayas are examples

• Fold mountains

• Volcanic mountains

• Block mountains

Formed when plates moving apart causing cracks and faults

• Block mountains

• Fold mountains

• Volcanic mountains

These are formed by magma rising up from the mantle to the crust of the Earth

• Volcanic mountains

• Fold mountains

• Block mountains

An example: Mt. Fujiyama in Japan

• Volcanic Mountain

• Block Mountain

• Fold Mountain

What is Magma ?

• Molten rock under the earth's surface

• Molten rock on the earth's surface

Plateau mountains have what kind of tops?

• Flat

• Steep

• Pointy

• Round

Explain the formation of 'fold' and 'fault' mountains.

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