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Fold Mountains Fold Mountains What are fold mountains? How are fold mountains formed? How do people live in fold mountains?

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Fold MountainsFold Mountains

•What are fold mountains?

•How are fold mountains formed?

•How do people live in fold mountains?

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Collision zones

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How do they form?

• At a collision margin (another word for a plate boundary) 2 continental plates are pushing towards each other.

• Because they are the same density (weight) neither of them can sink so the SQUEEZE upwards making fold mountains

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Formation

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Key terms

• Deposition

• Geosyncline

• Sedimentary rock

• Compressional plate boundary

• Anticline

• Syncline

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TasksTasks• Log on to KN and complete the task sheets.

• Use the guide sheets to help you

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Plenary…make sure you can answer the

following questions

What 2 plate boundaries form fold mountains?What type of rocks make up fold mountains?What is a geosyncline?Can you name 3 examples of fold mountains

and say what continents they are in.