Mountain Formation

True or False: Mount Everest has highest altitude in the world.

• True

• False

Which two plates collided to form Mount Everest.

• African plate

• Antarctic plate

• Indian Plate

• Eurasian plate

How many cm do continental plates move per year?

• 10 cm

• 5 cm

• 9 cm

• 2-4 cm

When two plates in Earth's crust collide, what is formed?

• River

• Continent

• Country

• Mountain Ranges

How many years ago was the fold mountain, Mount Everest formed.

• 10 years ago

• 10 million years ago

• 50 million years ago

• 15 Million years ago

Which factors shape the mountains?

• Forces

• Climate

• Above sea level

• Below sea level

How are fold mountains formed?

• These mountains form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others down. Instead of the earth folding over, the earth's crust fractures (pulls apart). It breaks up into blocks or chunks.

• Formed when molten rock (magma) deep within the earth, erupts, and piles upon the surface. Magma is called lava when it breaks through the earth's crust. When the ash and lava cools, it builds a cone of rock.

• When two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together. At these colliding, compressing boundaries.

Which is the biggest Fault block mountain?

• Mount Fuji

• Kilimanjaro

• Mount Whitney

• Mount Everest

Which mountain is the highest free standing mountain?

• Mount Fuji

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount Everest

• Mount Himalayas