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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.