Mountains - Plate Tectonics, The Force That Builds Mountains

the force that builds mountains Plate tectonics

Orogeny is the process of mountain formation. Plate tectonics is the main force of nature responsible for orogeny. This continent-building process may be simply explained:

The Earth is covered with a thin, brittle crust. Below the crust is the mantle, a region where solid rock below a certain depth stretches like rubber.

The crust floats on top of Earth's mantle like the crust of grease that forms on top of a pot of chili or chicken broth in the refrigerator.

The Earth's crust has been broken into pieces, called plates. The motion of a tireless heat engine that swirls and stirs within the earth's mantle, moves the plates.