BrainPOP Mountains

Melting ice and snow from mountains act as ____________ for many rivers and streams.

• Sources

• Endpoints

• Obstacles

• Outlets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In the movie, Tim mentions that mountains take up one-quarter of the Earth's land surface. What can you infer from this fact?

• Mountains are found in every ecosystem

• Mountains do not exist underwater

• Mountains exist on every continent

• Human life originally evolved in the mountains

The land east of the Sierra Nevada mountains is desert. What can you infer about the land west of the Sierras?

• It is constantly buffeted by high winds

• It is one of the rainiest regions on the planet

• It's also desert

• It receives a fair amount of precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following terms describes how mountains form?

• gradually

• rapidly

• explosively

• destructively

Which of the following terms describes the area where the Himalaya Mountains formed?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subductive boundary

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What feature might you find throughout the Rocky Mountains?

• Tilted blocks of rock

• Folded blocks of rock

• Sharp peaks and ridges

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The surface of volcanic mountains is made up of:

• compacted ash and smoke

• sedimentary rock

• metals from deep within the Earth's crust

• cooled magma

How are fault-block mountains different from folded mountains?

• Fault-block mountains form where tectonic plates push together; folded mountains occur where plates pull apart

• Fault-block mountains occur where two plates slide past; folded mountains occur where one slides underneath

• Fault-block mountains occur where plates pull apart; folded mountains occur where plates push together

• Fault-block mountains occur where one plate slides underneath; folded mountains occur where they slide past

What can you conclude from the fact that the volcanic ocean ridge system is the largest mountain belt on earth?

• There are more underwater volcanoes than aboveground volcanoes

• There are more underwater tectonic plates than aboveground tectonic plates

• Underwater mountains have higher elevations than aboveground mountains

• Mountains form faster underwater than they do on land

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The rock that makes up folded, upwarped, and fault-block mountains comes from:

• The earth's mantle

• The earth's crust

• The earth's core

• The earth's surface

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