Transcript Mountain Building

Objective 10/17/2011
Identify the most common types of mountains.
Intro
Where are some good places to find fish fossils?
How about right here!
Where in this
picture would be
the best place to
find fish fossils?
Could Plate Tectonics have
anything to do with it?
Any explanations???
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3 types of mountains
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Folded Mtns.
Fault-Block Mtns.
Volcanic Mtns.
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Folded Mtns.
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Form when rock layers
are squeezed together
and pushed upward.
Ex.:
 Appalachian
Mtns. In
Eastern U.S.
 Himalayas in Asia
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Fault-Block Mtns.
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tension
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Form when tension
causes large blocks of
the Earth’s crust to
drop down
Ex.: Tetons in western
Wyoming
Stress that occurs when
forces act to stretch an
object
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Volcanic Mtns.
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Forms when magma
rises through the crust
onto the surface of
Earth
Objective 10/17/2011
Identify the most common types of mountains.
Outro
•3 things you learned
•2 ways to apply this information to your life
•1 question you still have about this topic