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| Upwarped Mountains Example |
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| The Adirondack Mountains in New York |
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| Fault-Block Mountain Example |
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| The Grand Tetons of Wyoming |
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| Volcanic Mountain Example |
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| The Appalachian Mountains in Canada |
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Term
| Folded Mountains Definition |
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| Made of folded rock layers and the forces inside the Earth squeeze rock layers that are horizontal causing them to FOLD. |
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| Upwarped Mountains Definition |
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| form when blocks of the Earth's crust are PUSHED UP by forces inside Earth. |
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| Fault Block Mountains Definition |
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| Made of huge tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults. |
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| Volcanic Mountains Definition |
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| Form when molten material reaches the surface through a weak area of the crust. |
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