Mountain Formation

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  1. 3. What are the things that collide to make mountains.
  2. 5. When (blank) plates collide, their edges can fold, which forces rock up to form a mountain range.
  3. 7. (blank) is another way mountains can arise.
  4. 9. Sometimes, when tectonic plates meet, one ends up diving under the other — a phenomenon known as (blank).
  5. 10. (blank) can help drive mountain growth as well.
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  1. 1. Mountains can also form when tectonic plates (blank).
  2. 2. As the continue to collide, the mountains will get (blank).
  3. 4. Since both plates have a similar thickness and weight, neither one will (blank) under the other.
  4. 6. The rock that (blank) up at the edges can give rise to mountain ranges such as the Andes
  5. 8. They crumple and fold until the (blank) are forced up to form a mountain range.