HOW MOUNTAINS

FORM

How Mountains Form

III.

I. Earths core is hot.

I. hot!

II.

II. This causes the magma in the mantle to spin slowly (convection).
III.At Earths surface, tectonic plates, floating on the
spinning magma, forms mountains 3 different ways:
1. Folded mountains

2.

3.

Cause
(fault?)
Stress
Result
3 Examples

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1. Folded Mountains
Hanging wall
Footwall

Hanging wall- above the fault; it leans into the

Footwall- below the fault

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How Mountains Form

III.

I. Earths core is hot.

I. hot!

II.

II. This causes the magma in the mantle to spin slowly (convection).
III.At Earths surface, tectonic plates, floating on the
spinning magma, forms mountains 3 different ways:
1. Folded mountains
Footwall

Cause
(fault?)
Stress
Result
3 Examples

2.Fault-block mountains
3.

Hanging wall

Folded mountains
occur along a
reverse fault.
Compression
squeezes the rock
together.
This causes rock in
the hanging wall to
go up, or fold.
3 examples are the
Appalachians,
Himalayas, and Alps

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2. Fault-block Mountains
Foot wall

Hanging wall

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How Mountains Form

III.

I. Earths core is hot.

I. hot!

II.

II. This causes the magma in the mantle to spin slowly (convection).
III.At Earths surface, tectonic plates, floating on the
spinning magma, forms mountains 3 different ways:
1. Folded mountains
Footwall

Cause
(fault?)
Stress
Result
3 Examples

Hanging wall

Folded mountains
occur along a
reverse fault.
Compression
squeezes the rock
together.
This causes rock in
the hanging wall to
go up, or fold.
3 examples are the
Appalachians,
Himalayas, and Alps

2.Fault-block mountains
3. Volcanic Mountain
Footwall

Hanging wall

Now fill these in

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3. Volcanic Mountains
ash

lava

crater
vent

crust
magma

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How Mountains Form

III.

I. Earths core is hot.

I. hot!

II.

II. This causes the magma in the mantle to spin slowly (convection).
III.At Earths surface, tectonic plates, floating on the
spinning magma, forms mountains 3 different ways:
1. Folded mountains
Footwall

Hanging wall

2.Fault-block mountains
3. Volcanic Mountain
Footwall

Hanging wall

ash
lava

crater
vent
crust
magma

Cause
(fault?)
Stress
Result
3 Examples

Folded mountains
occur along a
reverse fault.
Compression
squeezes the rock
together.
This causes rock in
the hanging wall to
go up, or fold.
3 examples are the
Appalachians,
Himalayas, and Alps

And now these

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