Fold Mountains Flashcards
1
Q
How do fold mountains form?
A
Fold mountains occur when plates collide and put great pressure on the two plates making the plates warm from the heat. They crumble upwards. Forming fold mountains.
2
Q
What is the name for the upfold and downfold of the volcano
A
Anticline =the upfold. Syncline=downfold
3
Q
How old are the Caledonian mountain folding period
A
Roughly 400 million years old
4
Q
How old are the amorican folding mountain period
A
Roughly 250 million years ago
5
Q
How old are the Alpine fold mountain
A
50 million years old
6
Q
how are igneous rocks formed?
A
Igneous rocks are formed from volcano eruptions
7
Q
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
A
When the great heat of magma and lava as well as pressure from plate movement changes rocks
