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What are the four main types of mountains?
What are Volcanoes?
Volcanoes are formed when gas-rich molten rock moves to the surface, erupts, and accumulates.
What are Convergent Mountains?
Convergent Mountains are formed by the collision of two plates at convergent boundaries.
Describe the Appalachians.
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What are Fault-Block Mountains?
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What are Dome Mountains?
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Study Notes
Types of Mountains
- Four primary types of mountains: Fault-Block, Convergent, Volcanoes, and Dome Mountains.
Volcanoes
- Found on all continents, contributing significantly to mountain formation.
- Formed from gas-rich molten rock (magma) that erupts, cools, and accumulates.
- Associated with three tectonic regions:
- Rift-valley spreading centers
- Convergent boundaries (subduction)
- Intraplate hotspots
Convergent Mountains
- Home to the largest mountain ranges globally, including the Himalayas, Andes, European Alps, Rockies, and Appalachians.
- Result from the collision of tectonic plates at convergent boundaries.
- Continental crust cannot subduct, leading to rock shortening and compression, resulting in uplifting.
- Geologic formations include:
- Synclines
- Anticlines
- Recumbent folds
- Thrust faults
- Imbricate thrust faults
Case Study: The Appalachians
- An example of inactive convergent mountains.
- Once as tall as the modern Himalayas during the formation of the supercontinent Pangea.
Fault-Block Mountains
- Form from faults in the earth's crust causing surface sections to rise or fall.
- Example: The Teton Range in the American Rockies, formed from faulting less than ten million years ago.
- Movement is slow and occurs in jerky shifts over thousands to millions of years.
Dome Mountains
- Result from magma pushing up beneath the earth's crust without erupting.
- Erosion can eventually expose the dome-shaped hard rock formed from cooled magma.
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Explore the four main types of mountains: Fault-Block, Convergent, Volcanoes, and Dome Mountains. This quiz delves into the processes of mountain formation, highlighting the role of tectonic plates and geological structures, including a case study on the Appalachians. Test your knowledge on how these mountains impact geography and ecosystems.
