plz make this answer simple so my friend can understand
2006-07-31 14:40:39 · 5 answers · asked by rorichardson40 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It depends on the mountain range. Some are thrust together by plate tectonics and others are volcanic.
2006-07-31 14:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by Cybeq 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the first guy said, many are formed from tectonic plates (large 'plates' underground that are moving all the time, pushing up rock to form a mountain) and some are volcanic (cooled, dryed lava)
But....if you ask a Christian this question they'd tell you it's from the global flood from Noah's Ark time.......bull.
2006-07-31 14:48:10 · answer #2 · answered by send_felix_mail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some mountain ranges for when tectonic plates hit each other. They can also form through volcanic action and the erosion of uplifted regions or volcanic caps.
2006-07-31 14:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
....from the global flood from Noah's Ark time??? As a cause??? I have never heard that as a "cause" of mountains from anyone, Christian or otherwise.
Hey Felix, did they also tell you that "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?
The various mountains that are thought to be the final resting place of Noah's Ark are volcanic.
Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates shifting and volcanic eruptions. They are a result, not a cause. Mountains are not caused by earthquakes.
2006-07-31 15:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by Somewhere in Iraq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
22 million years ago we got many many earthquakes other stuff.And It made some big mountain ranges because take the example of Himalayas.Geogrophy scientists believe that before himalayas they had big ocean.So The moutain ranges made by earthquakes.
2006-07-31 16:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by dhruvthakkar2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋