Fold Mountains
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| Where are fold mountains found | on plate boundaries
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| Fold mountains are formed when plates? | Collide
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| Are the rocks under great or very little pressure | great
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| the rocks are under great pressure so they buckle/dont move | Buckle
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| What is the down fold called | Syncline
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| what is the up fold called | Anticline
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| Name the three Major periods of fold mountain formation | Caledonian , Armorican, Alpine
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| when did Caledonian folding occur | 400 million years ao
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| when did Armorican folding occur | 250 million years ago
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| when did Alpine folding occur | 35 million years ago
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| what mountains were formed during the Caledonian time period | Dublin-Wicklow Mountains.
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| what mountains were formed during the Armorican time period | Macgillycuuudy's Reeks in Kerry
Galtee Mountains in Tip
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| what mountains were formed during the Alpine time period | The Rocky Mountains in America
the Himalayas in Asia
the Alps in Europe
the Andes
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| which time period has the highest mountains | the Alpine preiod
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| why does that period have the highest mountains | they have not been worn down yet
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| explain the formation of a fold mountain | when two plates collide the lighter plate is pushed up and the heavier plate is pushed down, the pressure forces the land to buckle upwards into folds
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| tell me two economic impacts of living in the alps/fold mountains | Farming: farm sheep and goats moving up the slope to graze
Tourism: people can come to hike or climb the mountain
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| tell me two social impacts | accessibility: difficult to access as slopes are steep
soil: soil can be thin allowing for only rough grazing which can make farming difficult or unprofitable.
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