Apart from fold mountains, name three other features resulting from folding

KCSE Geography Paper 1 2005 Section B Question 8.

​(a) Name one fold mountain in:

• i. Asia -  Himalayas
• ii. North America - the rockies / Appalachians
• iii. South America- the  andies ​

​(b) (i) Apart from fold mountains, name three other features resulting from folding 

• Cuestas
• Escarpments
• Intermountain basins/ plateaus

​(ii) With the aid of a labeled diagram, describe the formation of an thrust fold

​(c) Explain four effects of fold mountains on human activities 

• Fold Mountains are water catchments areas. They trap rainfall which feed rivers that provide water for domestic use/ for irrigation/ for industrial use/ HEP generation
• Fold mountains are often forested and  provide valuable timbers  used in construction and building  industry
• Some fold mountains have valuable deposition such  a coal and  petroleum
• Fold mountains attract tourists, thus earning countries foreign exchange
• Fold  mountains  influence  transport systems either as barriers  or as  passes

​(d) Students are planning to carry out a field study on landforms in their strict.
(i) State three ways in which the students would prepare themselves for the filed study 

• They would divide themselves  into groups
• They would  review secondary objectives  and hypotheses for study
• They would formulate objectives and hypothesis for study
• They would conduct  a pre – visit /  reconnaissance to the areas under study 
• They would  prepare a  working schedule for the study
• They would seek for permission  from relevant authorities 

​(ii) Give two advantages of studying landforms through field work 

• They would get first hand information about land forms in their districts
• It enables students to relate what  has  been  learnt in classroom to what is in the  field
• It allows students  to use their  observation skills to make conclusions
• It enables  students to acquire appropriate attitudes  towards the  environment.
• It breaks the classroom  monotony for the  students  and teachers.

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