A fault is where two tectonic plates meet. The other half of this one is in Canada! ISLA: Well, fold mountains like these are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.

Earth’s surface is made up of different sections called tectonic plates. Most mountains are fold mountains, which means they’re created when two tectonic plates collide, and they force the ...

Trying to occupy the same space, the land masses buckle and fold, creating mountain ranges. A transform boundary occurs where two plates slide against each other. But rather than sliding smoothly ...