What Makes a Mountain Range Form Over Time?

Imagine the Earth is like a giant puzzle made up of big, moving pieces called plates. When these plates push against each other or crash together, they can form mountains, just like when you stack blocks and make a hill.

The Big Push

Sometimes, two plates collide, and instead of one going under the other (like a car crash), they push up into the sky, making tall mountains. This is how the Himalayas formed, by Earth’s biggest plate collision.

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Examples

  1. A toy car crashes into a block tower, making it taller.
  2. Two kids push against each other, forming a wall in the middle.
  3. Stacking blocks to make a tall hill.

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