The seasons prayed around his knees, Like children round a sire: Grandfather. The image above shows the Andes Mountains. Which of the following processes formed this feature? Plates converged together to form the mountains. Plates pulled. How does plate movement create mountains? The pressure created by moving plates forces magma up through Earth's crust, forming mountains. When two plates push against each other, the pressure makes the crust bend to form.
Why did the Incas build terraces? How does erosion shape mountains? It creates pressures in Earth's crust that causeto bend B. I removes material from mountains, changing their shapes. By breaking down material on Earth's surface, it changes mountains'.
What physical features in Central Asia and the Caucasus shape settlement patterns? Why do many people live near or on volcanic mountains in the islands of Southeast Asia? Most volcanoes are dormant or inactive. Volcanic ash provides fertile soil. Cities can't be built on the rough terrain. Fold mountains are formed when two plates collide head on, and their edges crumbled, much the same way as a piece of paper folds when pushed together.
The Himalayan Mountains were formed when India crashed into Asia and pushed up the tallest mountain range on the continents. In South America, the Andes Mountains were formed by the collision of the South American continental plate and the oceanic Pacific plate. Did you know? Two Tectonic Plates meet along the Southern Alps. This is called a fault line. The Southern Alps are constantly changing because the Pacific Plate is being pushed down under the Australian Plate and that causes the Alps to rise up.
Fault-block Mountains. These mountains form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others down. Instead of the earth folding over, the earth's crust fractures pulls apart. It breaks up into blocks or chunks. Sometimes these blocks of rock move up and down, as they move apart and blocks of rock end up being stacked on one another. Dome Mountains. Dome mountains are the result of a great amount of melted rock magma pushing its way up under the earth crust.
Without actually erupting onto the surface, the magma pushes up overlaying rock layers. At some point, the magma cools and forms hardened rock. The uplifted area created by rising magma is called a dome because of looking like the top half of a sphere ball. Subduction ceases due to near equal density. Mountains are formed as the land is compressed and folded upward. Found in mountain belts. Formed from an igneous intrusion. Lacoliths and batholiths both form igneous dome mountains.
Dome mountains resulting from uplifting of tectonic plates. No plate boundaries are directly involved in the formation.
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