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Grade 4 | Unit 5: Geology

Lesson 12:
Mountains

Our Learning
Goals

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

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What are our learning goals?

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

I can describe how mountains are formed, identify different
types of mountains, and locate major mountain ranges on
a map.

I can plan for writing a descriptive paragraph about a rock or
other item in the rock cycle.

Reading
About It

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

The Changing Earth

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Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Small Group Reading
Chapter 8

“Earth’s Mighty Mountains”

Vocabulary

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sea level

sheer

bulge

The Big
Question

How do the movements
and forces of tectonic
plates build mountains?

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Open Ended

What role have tectonic plates had in changing Earth's features?

Open Ended

What evidence from the text supports the idea that plate tectonics are important in the creation of mountains?

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Multiple Choice

In which direction did the Indo-Australian plate move?

• north

• south

• east
• west

Open Ended

What would have happened if the plate had moved in a different direction?

Multiple Choice

How are fold mountains formed?

• By the movement of glaciers
• By volcanic eruptions
• By the collision of tectonic plates

• By erosion from wind and water

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Open Ended

How are fault-block mountains formed?

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT an example of where fault-block mountains are located?

• Harz Mountains (Germany)

• Grand Tetons (Wyoming)

• Basin and Range Province (Utah, Nevada, and Arizona)

• Himalayas (Indian and China)

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Discussing the
Chapter

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Multiple Choice

I saw a picture of a mountain that was formed along a fault and included several high cliffs. Which type of mountain was this?

• dome mountain

• fault-block mountain

• fold mountain

Hotspot

Locate: Grand Tetons

Hotspot

Locate: Andes Mountains

Hotspot

Locate: Harz Mountains

Hotspot

Locate: Himalayas

Hotspot

Locate: Navajo Mountains

Hotspot

Locate: Basin and Range Province

Hotspot

Locate: Black Hills

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What word are we learning about?

sheer

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Multiple-Meaning Word Activity

sheer

The word sheer means very steep, almost straight up and down.

Writing
About It

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

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Descriptive Paragraphs

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Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Descriptive Paragraph

My name is Leah Lava, and I feel as hot as the sun! That’s probably because I’m lava shooting down the side of an active volcano. I hear a deep rumble behind me as the rocks and debris spew out of the
mountain, and I wonder if the plume is still reaching toward the blackening sky like an opening umbrella. As soon as I feel the air touch me, I begin to cool down. Thank goodness! It was getting awfully hot. As I cool, I harden, forming igneous rock. After all that hot activity, I like feeling wind blow across me and rain rinse my body. Sometimes I get uncomfortable in the scorching sun or the freezing cold, but I feel calm listening to the birds chirping around me and tasting the water that trickles over me.

Multiple Choice

Look at this sentence: "As I cool, I harden, forming igneous rock." Is this sentence a topic sentence, detail sentence, or concluding sentence?

• Topic sentence
• Concluding sentence
• Detail sentence

Personification

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains

Descriptive Paragraph

My name is Leah Lava, and I feel as hot as the sun! That’s probably because I’m lava shooting down the side of an active volcano. I hear a deep rumble behind me as the rocks and debris spew out of the mountain, and I wonder if the plume is still reaching toward the blackening sky like an opening umbrella. As soon as I feel the air touch me, I begin to cool down. Thank goodness! It was getting awfully hot. As I cool, I harden, forming igneous rock. After all that hot activity, I like feeling wind blow across me and rain rinse my body. Sometimes I get uncomfortable in the scorching sun or the freezing cold, but I feel calm listening to the birds chirping around me and tasting the water that trickles over me.

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Unit 5, Lesson 12: Mountains