MOUNTAIN FORMATION AND
COMMON TYPES OF
MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAIN FORMATION AND
COMMON TYPES OF
MOUNTAINS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of the discussion, the students will be able to:identify with the most common types of
mountains,
explain the difference between uplift and
subsidence; and
differentiate the types of mountains with real-
world examples.
ICE BREAKER! ICE BREAKER! Teacher posts of different types of mountains on the board.
Class will be divided into four groups, each group receives word
cards with processes and mountain types.
Groups have one minute to match the correct process and
mountain type to each mountain picture.
Afterwards, groups will explain their answers
While discussing the lesson, the teacher checks if the group's
answers are correct.
The group with the most correct answers will get 2 points for
recitation and a prize.
MOUNTAIN
FORMATION
MOUNTAIN
FORMATION
HOW
MOUNTAINS
ARE
CREATED?
HOW
MOUNTAINS
ARE
CREATED?
HOW MOUNTAINS FORMED?HOW MOUNTAINS FORMED? Convection
currents
HOW MOUNTAINS FORMED?HOW MOUNTAINS FORMED? The Earth’s crust is the
outer layer.
It is not one solid piece.
It is broken into tectonic
plates.
PROCESSES:PROCESSES:UPLIFT (upward) Collision of tectonic plates.
Rising of magma
underneath the crust.
PROCESSES;PROCESSES;
SUBSIDENCE
(downward)Movement of tectonic
plates pulling apart.
Removal of underground
support
COMMON
TYPES OF
MOUNTAINS
COMMON
TYPES OF
MOUNTAINS
WHAT ARE THE TWO
PROCESSES THAT CAUSE
THE EARTH’S CRUST TO
MOVE UP OR DOWN, AND
WHAT DOES EACH PROCESS
MEAN?
WHAT ARE THE TWO
PROCESSES THAT CAUSE
THE EARTH’S CRUST TO
MOVE UP OR DOWN, AND
WHAT DOES EACH PROCESS
MEAN?
TYPES OF MOUNTAINS TYPES OF MOUNTAINS FOLD MOUNTAINS:Land bends when
plate push together
Process: UPLIFT
Example: HIMALAYAS
TYPES OF MOUNTAINS TYPES OF MOUNTAINS FAULT-BLOCKING MOUNTAINS:Crust cracks; some land
rises, some sinks.
Process: UPLIFT &.
SUBSIDENCE
Example: SIERRA NEVADA &
DEATH VALLEY
HOW IS A FOLD
MOUNTAIN FORMED?
CAN YOU GIVE AN
EXAMPLE?
HOW IS A FOLD
MOUNTAIN FORMED?
CAN YOU GIVE AN
EXAMPLE?
TYPES OF MOUNTAINS TYPES OF MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS:Lava comes out of a
volcano and piles up.
Process: UPLIFT
Example: MOUNT MAYON
& MOUNT FUJI
TYPES OF MOUNTAINS TYPES OF MOUNTAINS DOME MOUNTAIN:Magma pushes land up
but doesn’t erupt.
Process: UPLIFT
Example: BLACK HILLS
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN MAGMA
ERUPTS AND PILES UP ON
THE SURFACE?
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN MAGMA
ERUPTS AND PILES UP ON
THE SURFACE?
TYPES OF MOUNTAINS TYPES OF MOUNTAINS PLATEAU MOUNTAINS:Flat land pushed up,
shaped by erosion.
Process: UPLIFT
Example: BRICE CANYON
(COLORADO PLATEAU)
GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF
UPLIFT AND ONE EXAMPLE
OF SUBSIDENCE, THEN
EXPLAIN HOW THEY HAPPEN.
GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF
UPLIFT AND ONE EXAMPLE
OF SUBSIDENCE, THEN
EXPLAIN HOW THEY HAPPEN.
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN MAGMA
PUSHES THE CRUST
UPWARD BUT DOES NOT
ERUPT?
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN MAGMA
PUSHES THE CRUST
UPWARD BUT DOES NOT
ERUPT?
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN LARGE, FLAT
LAND AREAS ARE UPLIFTED
WITHOUT FOLDING?
WHICH TYPE OF MOUNTAIN IS
FORMED WHEN LARGE, FLAT
LAND AREAS ARE UPLIFTED
WITHOUT FOLDING?
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHY IS
IT IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW
MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED?
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHY IS
IT IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW
MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED?
Seri 1 Seri 2 Seri 3
Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140 Expressed and pushed
upward during plate
collision.
UPLIFT HIMALAYAS, ANDES
Crustal blocks move along
faults, one block uplifts
while other subsides.
UPLIFT and
SUBSIDENCE
SIERRA NEVADA, DEATH
VALLEY
Repeated eruptions,lava
and ash build up around the
volcanic vent.
UPLIFT
MOUNT MAYON, MOUNT
FUJI
When magma pushes the
crust upward but does not
erupt, creating dome shape.
UPLIFT BLACK HILLS (USA)
Plateau is uplifted and later
eroded into flat-topped
Highlands.
UPLIFT
BRICE CANYON
(Colorado Plateau)
TYPES OF
MOUNTAINS
HOW IT IS
FORMED
UPLIFT or
SUBSIDENCE
EXAMPLE
FOLD
MOUNTAINS
FAULT-BLOCK
MOUNTAINS
VOLCANIC
MOUNTAINS
DOME
MOUNTAINS
PLATEAU
MOUNTAINS