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Why are folded mountains evidence of plate tectonics?

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They are caused by the two plates colliding with a large amount of force
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Fold mountains are created where two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together. At these colliding, compressing boundaries, rocks and debris are warped and folded into rocky outcrops, hills, mountains, and entire mountain ranges.

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