EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Question
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Which of the following is true about folds?
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They do not create mountains.
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They are entirely broken rock plates.
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They occur only in the inner core.
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They can create deep valleys.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Waters add to the land’s natural twists as they move toward the sea by removing sediment from bends’ exteriors. Therefore, They can create deep valleys is true about folds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many folds are distinctly linear; that is, their extent parallel to the axis is many times their width. Some folds, however, are not linear but are more or less circular in plan. A dome is such a fold that is convex upward; this means that its strata dip outward from a central area.
Detailed explanation-3: -A monocline is a simple one step bend in the rock layers. Anticline is a fold that arches upward.
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