Types+of+Mountains

What is a mountain?
 * A mountain is steeper than a hill. The mountain is a large landform that stretches above the land and forms a peak.

Why are mountains so tall? Name the different types of mountains? Describe the each different type of mountains.
 * Mountains are so tall because of continents colliding.
 * There are five different types of mountains.
 * 1) 1. Folded Mountains
 * 2) 2. Plateaus
 * 3) 3. Fault-Block Mountains and Grabens
 * 4) 4. Dome Mountains
 * 5) 5. Volcanic Mountains
 * Folded Mountains- form when tectonic movements squeeze rock layers together into accordion-like folds.
 * Plateaus- are large, flat areas of rock high above sea level.
 * Fault-Block Mountains- when Earth’s crust are stretched and broken into large blocks, faulting may cause the blocks to tilt and drop relative to other blocks and the higher block forms Fault-Block Mountains.
 * Grabens- faulting that forms fault-block mountains also forms long, narrow valleys.
 * Dome Mountains- a circular structure made of rock layers that slope gently away from a central point.
 * Volcanic Mountains- Mountains that form when magma
 * erupts onto Earth’s surface.