Download 3 Types of Mountains

3 Types of Mountains
Instructions: Using a word document recreate the chart below.
Using the internet fill in the chart.
Type of
Mountain
Fold Mountains
Fault block
Mountains
Volcanic
Mountains
How is this
Type of Mountain
formed
Fold Mountains are
mountains formed
mainly by the
effects of folding on
layers within the
upper part of the
Earth's crust.
Fault-block
Volcanic Mountains
landforms are
are formed by
formed when large
volcanoes.
areas of bedrock are
widely broken up by
faults creating large
vertical
displacements of
continental crust.
What type of plate
Most likely a
boundary would you convergent
commonly find this boundary.
type of mountain
along
Conservative
boundary.
Divergent Plate
boundary.
2 Characteristics of
this type of
mountain
They are sort of old
for mountains.
Shoots out lava.
Name two mountain
ranges that are
examples of each
type of mountain
Fold mountains are
formed in the less
deformed areas.
They are relatively
young for
mountains.
Often fault-block
mountains have a
steep front side and
a sloping back side.
The Jura Mountains. Sierra Nevada
Becomes bigger as
lava cools on the
mountain.
Mt. St. Helens
Mountains.
The Zagros
Mountains.
Harz Mountains
Mt. Kea
Part Two
Instructions:
Using the mountain ranges listed as examples go to Google earth and locate
the mountain range and try to get a picture of the mountain range and paste it
below.