FOLD MOUNTAINS
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PART A: Questions
6 MARKS
Read “Fold Landforms” on page 108 and answer the following questions:
1. What is folding? ( 3 marks)
2. Draw a diagram of a fold mountain. Be sure to label the direction of movement,
the anticline and the syncline. ( 3 marks)
PART B: Map
13 MARKS
Using an atlas or internet, indicate the following mountain chains on the world map
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Western Cordillera
Sierra Madre
Andes Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Alps
Zagros Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Himalayas
Verkhoyansk Range
PART C: Chart
Complete the organizer for each of the mountain ranges in part B.
Mountain Range
Western Cordillera
Plate Boundary
Western edge of North
American Plate
Explanation
North American Plate is
sliding past Pacific Plate