Fold Mountains

Start with formation

The Fold Mountains slide set is a useful starting point for an overview. It describes sediment building up and being compressed as plates move closer together. Follow it with the mind map Earthquakes and fold mountains, which brings plate margins, earthquakes and fold mountains together. The Formation of Fold Mountains flashcards offer another way to practice the formation topic after looking through the overview.

Explore the case studies

The mind map The Alps - Fold Mountain Case Study covers farming, mining, tourism, hydroelectric power and forestry. It also includes details about farming in upland areas and valleys. The note Alps, Human uses of fold mountains case study gives another account of farming in the Alps, including goats and crops.

For a different case study, look at Andes - case study of fold mountains. Its map covers where the range is and the plates involved in its formation. You can use the maps to organize what you have studied about each range and compare the details they include.

Use maps and quizzes together

After studying the Alps case study, try the quiz Geography: Fold Mountains - The Alps. Use the Alps mind map alongside it to revisit the ideas you want to check, then return to the quiz. There is also a quiz called Geography fold mountains case study if you want another case-study activity. Flashcards on the Alps and human uses offer further ways to practice.

Connect the topic to the unit

Fold Mountains is a section of the Plate Tectonics unit in Geography. The formation slides and the map on earthquakes and fold mountains give you ways to connect the topic with plate movement. The case-study resources then let you focus on particular mountain ranges and, in the Alps resources, how people use them.

Choose a map or quiz and use it to build your own study sequence.