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Essential Questions:
Mountains
There are four main types of mountains:
fault-block, folded, upwarped, and volcanic.
Mountains
The ruggedness of a mountain chain
depends largely on whether or not it is still
forming.
Stopped forming
Still forming
Mountains
Infer what
determines
how rugged
and high a
mountain
chain is.
Whether or
not it is still
forming.
Mountains
Define
fault-block
mountains.
Sharp, jagged
mountains made of
huge, tilted blocks of
rock that are separated
from surrounding rock
by faults and form
because of pulling
forces
Mountains
Describe
how faultblock
mountains
form.
Mountains
Mountains
that
form
Define
by
the
folding
of
rock
folded
layers
caused
by
mountains.
compressive forces
Appalachian in Maryland
Mountains
Describe
how folded
mountains
form.
Compression: two
plates are pushed
together, this causes
rock layers to buckle
and fold
Mountains
Define
upwarped
mountains.
Mountains
Describe
how
upwarped
mountains
form.
Mountains
Define
volcanic
mountains.
Mt St Helens in Washington
Mountains
Describe
how volcanic
mountains
form.
Uplift
If you were to place wooden blocks of
various thickness in a container of water
you would notice that different blocks of
wood would float at different heights.
Uplift
With the blocks, the buoyant force of water
is balancing the force of gravity.
A similar process called ISOSTASY occurs
in Earth.
Define
isostasy
Uplift
The principle of isostasy is why the crust
under mountains is thicker than it is
elsewhere.
Mountains
Pictures
http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/3Intru
siveBodies/1Plutonsz/1SierraNevada.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_formation
http://www.city-data.com/forum/nature/912962how-mountain-ranges-were-created-serious-44.h
tml
http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/GCSE/AQA/Re
stless%20Earth/Tectonics/Landforms_at_%20p
late_%20boundaries.htm
Mountains
Pictures
http://livestockandenvironment.org/?attachment
_id=443
http://www.oocities.org/williamswindow/landforms
.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
http://www.slipperysnake.co.uk/educationalmaterials/geography/volcanoes/
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwless
ons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers5.html
http://thedailyeater.com/?p=4824