How are Mountains Made?

Mountains are made when parts of the Earth push and crush into each other like a big pile of blocks.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. If you push two stacks together really hard, they might bend or even break, but sometimes, they just get taller and stronger. That's kind of what happens with mountains. The Earth’s crust is like those blocks. When big pieces of the Earth move under the ground, they can push each other up, forming tall hills and peaks.

Now imagine you have a ball of playdough, and you press it really hard from both sides. It gets squished into a shape, that’s like how mountains are formed when the Earth's layers get squeezed together over millions of years. The more pressure, the taller the mountain!

Sometimes, when the Earth moves, pieces of land can even fold or break, making mountains look wrinkled or jagged, just like crumpled paper!