Fold Mountains
What is the distribution of fold mountains?
1.
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3.
Explain roughly where fold mountains are
Name a few places and examples of fold
mountains
Give reason why you find them here (plate
boundary)
How do Fold Mountains form?
Explanation of fold mountains
Use the following two resources to
help you explain how fold mountains
are formed
Is it a anticline or syncline?
Questions
1.
Describe the two directions in which ranges of
young fold mountains are aligned?
2.
For one range of fold mountains, name the two
tectonic plates responsible for its formation.
3.
Explain why fold mountains are formed along
compressional plate margins