Mount Everest

What caused The Himalayas & Mount Everest to form?

• A 7.8 magnitude earthquake

• two continental plates colliding

• two tectonic plates interacting at a transform boundary

• a continental plates colliding with an oceanic plate

What caused Mt. Everest to suddenly move backwards, southwest, when it usually moves northeast?

• A magnitude 7.8 earthquake near Kathmandu, Nepal

• A huge volcanic eruption in one of the nearby peaks of The Himalaya Mountains

• A asteroid impact in a part of The Himalayas near Mt. Everest

• A huge avalanche that also killed 200 people at the base camp on Mt. Everest

True or False? Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth's surface, and it can be seen from space.

• True

• False

Why does Mount Everest continue to grow taller every year? Choose the best answer.

• More and more snow builds up on it every year

• the tectonic plates beneath it are still moving

• the vegetation that grows on it is continually growing

• eroded rock from other mountains build up on top of it

Which of the following processes best describes how Mount Everest formed? LOOK AT THE PICTURE.

• A. Down and Up

• B. Inward

• C. Up

• D. Forward

True or False? The earthquake on April 25th, 2015 caused Mount Everest to become 6 - 7 centimeters taller.

• True

• False

Where are you most likely to find a folded mountain range?

• In extremely cold locations

• In Asia

• In an area with a lot of volcanic activity

• at the border between two tectonic plates

During the earthquake on April 25th, 2015, Mount Everest moved backwards to where it was ___ months before.

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 12

True or False? Mount Everest normally gets 6 - 7 centimeters taller each year.

• True

• False

Mount Everest normally moves this far northeast each year.

• 1 centimeter

• 2 centimeters

• 4 centimeters

• 8 centimeters