Mighty Mountains
These large landforms rise high above the land and usually have a peak.
What are mountains?
These mountains form when magma, ash, and rock debris build up over time.
What are volcanic mountains?
These mountains form when two pieces of the Earth’s crust push against each other.
What are fold mountains?
These mountains form when a large part of the Earth’s crust is pushed upward from below.
What are dome mountains?
This is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
Mountains are formed by movements in this outer layer of the Earth.
What is the Earth's crust?
This hot, melted rock from beneath the Earth’s surface helps form volcanic mountains.
What is magma?
The pushing and bending of the Earth’s crust that forms fold mountains happens because of this.
What are tectonic plate movements?
Dome mountains form when movement along these cracks in the Earth’s crust pushes land up or down.
What are fault lines?
Mount Everest stands at about this many feet tall.
What is 29,032 feet?
When two tectonic plates push together, this type of landform is often created.
What are mountains?
When a volcano erupts, it releases this material that piles up and makes the mountain taller.
What are ash and rock debris?
The peaks of fold mountains are created when rock layers do this.
What is fold or bend upward?
The rounded shape of dome mountains happens because of this kind of upward pressure.
What is magma pushing up from beneath the crust?
Mount Everest is part of this famous mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
Besides tectonic plates, these natural events can also create mountains.
What are volcanoes and fault activity?
Volcanic mountains grow larger through this process that happens over time.
What is repeated eruption and stacking of materials?
The Himalayas were formed by this type of mountain-building process.
What is the collision of tectonic plates forming fold mountains?
Over time, erosion wears away the top of dome mountains, revealing these layers underneath.
What are older rock layers?
Mount Everest lies on the border of these two countries.
What are China and Nepal?
This scientific theory explains how tectonic plates move and create features like mountains.
What is plate tectonics?
Mount St. Helens and Mount Fuji are examples of this type of mountain.
What are volcanic mountains?
Fold mountains are made mostly of this type of material that bends instead of breaking.
What are sedimentary rock layers?
When fault lines move the ground up or down around a single piece of crust, this type of mountain is created.
What is a dome mountain?
Because of its extreme height and thin air, climbers face this major challenge when scaling Mount Everest.
What is a lack of oxygen (or altitude sickness)?