The Restless Earth: Fold Mountains - Case Study

Question 1

What is our case study for a fold mountain range?

Answer 1

The alps .

Question 2

Where is the Alps located?

Answer 2

Central Europe.

Question 3

What counties does the Alps stretch across?

Name 7

Answer 3

Austria.
France.
Italy.
Switzerland.
Germany.
Liechtenstein.
Slovenia.

Question 4

When were the Alps formed?

Answer 4

About 30 million years ago.

Question 5

How were the Alps formed?

Answer 5

Collision between African and European plates.

Question 6

Where is the tallest peak?

Answer 6

Mont Blanc.

Italian-French border.

Question 7

How big is the tallest peak?

Answer 7

4810 metres

Question 8

Population of the Alps?

Answer 8

Around 12 million people.

Question 9

What do people use the Alps for?

Name 5

Answer 9

Farming.
Hydro-electric power.
Mining.
Forestry.
Tourism.

Question 10

What is the steep-upland area used for?

Answer 10

Farm goats.

Question 11

What do the locals get from the goats?

Answer 11

Milk.
Cheese.
Meat.

Question 12

What have the sunnier slopes been used for?

Answer 12

Terraced to plant vineyards.

Question 13

How many tourists visit the Alps each year?

Answer 13

100 million tourists.

Question 14

What % of tourists visit steep, snow covered mountains in the winter?

Answer 14

70%.

Question 15

What sports do tourists do on the steep, snow covered mountains?

Answer 15

Skiing.
Snow boarding.
Ice climbing.

Question 16

In the summer tourists visit the Alps to do what?

Name 4

Answer 16

Walk.
Mountain biking.
Paragliding.
Climbing.

Question 17

Name a place where new villages had to be put in place to cater for the quantity of the tourists?

Answer 17

Tignes in France.

Question 18

What are dotted around the landscape?

Answer 18

Ski runs and lifts.
Cable cars.
Holiday chalets.
Restaurants.

Question 19

What are the narrow valleys dammed to generate?

Answer 19

Hydro-electric power.

Question 20

What narrow valley generates HEP?

Give an example

Answer 20

Berne area in Switzerland.

Question 21

Switzerland gets most of its electricity from?

Answer 21

HEP powers in the alps.

Question 22

Switzerland gets most of its HEP from the Alps, but how much?

Answer 22

60%.

Question 23

The electricity produced is used locally to power…

Answer 23

Homes and businesses.

Exported to towns/cities further away.

Question 24

What materials were mined in the Alps?

Name 5.

Answer 24

Salt.
Iron ore.
Gold.
Silver
Copper.

Question 25

Why did the mining decline in the Alps?

Answer 25

Due to cheaper foreign sources.

Question 26

What is planted all over the Alps?

Answer 26

Scots Pine.

Question 27

Why is Scots Pine planted all over the Alps?

Answer 27

More resilient to the munching goats.

Question 28

What conditions have people living within the Alps adapted to?

Answer 28

Steep relief .
Poor soils.
Limited communications.

Question 29

How have people adapted to the steep relief?

Answer 29

Goats are farmed there as they are well adapted to the steep slopes.
Trees and man-made defences have been put in place to project against avalanches and rock slide.

Question 30

How have people adapted to the poor soil?

Answer 30

Animals are grazed in high areas as soil isn’t great for growing crops.

Question 31

How have people adapted to the limited communications?

Answer 31

Roads have been built over passes.

Question 32

What are passes?

Answer 32

Lower points between mountains.

Question 33

Name a place where a pass has been built?

Answer 33

Brenner pass.

Between Austria and Italy.

Question 34

What has been put in place for faster transport links?

Answer 34

Tunnels have been cut through mountains.