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How Mountains Are Formed
Title: How Mountains Are Formed
Category: Science & Technology
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How Mountains Are Formed
How Are Mountains Formed?
Mountains are formed over long periods of time by forces of the earth.
Mountains just don’t appear in any place. Most are formed when plates, or
huge pieces of the Earth’s crust, pull and push against each other. Great
mountain ranges are formed by the movement of tectonic plates. Convection
currents deep in the mantle of the earth, begins to well up towards the
surface. As the pressure increases, …showed first 75 words of 379 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 379 total…bottom of the sea. Scientists found that
out when they took limestone off Mt. Everest and found dead sea creatures.
Limestone is a kind of rock that is formed very slowly over thousands of
years. Animals and plants that get stuck in limestone are called fossils.
Limestone and fossils are common in most mountains that originated at the
bottom of the sea. It is really amazing how mountains are formed by forces
of the earth.
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