Download Fold Mountains These are the most common type of mountain. They

Fold Mountains
These are the most common type of mountain. They are made when plates on the earth’s
crust collide and push into one another. This pressure forces the crust upwards and causes
it to wrinkle and fold. This type of mountain is called a Fold Mountain since it is caused by
the folding of the rocks. The MacGillycuddy Reeks in Munster, The Rocky Mountains in
North America, the Alps in Europe, the Andes in South America and the Himalayan
Mountains in Asia are all examples of Fold Mountains.
Block Mountains
These mountains are created when faults or cracks in the Earth's crust force blocks of rocks
upward or down. The uplifted blocks are Block Mountains. They usually have a steep front
side and then a sloping back side. The Ox Mountains in Ireland and the Sierra Nevada
Mountains in North America are Block Mountains.
Volcanic Mountains
Volcanic Mountains are formed when erupting magma cools and hardens forming a cone
shape. Mount Fuji in Japan is a famous volcanic mountain.
Dome Mountains
Dome Mountains are formed when pressure from the magma below causes the crust to
bulge upwards into a dome shape. In this case the magma does not come to the surface.
The Adirondacks (upstate NY) in the eastern US are famous Dome Mountains.