Year 6 geography quiz

Where is the Lake District?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the name of the highest mountain in the Lake District?

• Scafell Crag

• Scafell Pike

• Blue Mountain Peak

• Tatra Mountains

Select three pull factors that attract visitors to the Lake District.

• Large industrial areas.

• Vast, unspoilt national park to walk and climb.

• Lakes, mountains and wildlife

• Picturesque villages and towns.

When did the ancient rocks begin forming the Lake District?

• 300 million years ago

• 400 million years ago

• 500 million years ago

True or false - the mountains in the Lake District were once as tall as those now in the Himalayas?

• False

• True

Choose the word or phrase that best describe how the mountains in the Lake District were worn away over millions of years.

• deposited

• eroded

• washed away

• precipitated

Where did the Lake District's rocks begin their formation?

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When did the Lake District sink below a tropical sea?

• 400 million years ago

• 350 million years ago

• 300 million years ago

What's the correct meaning of orogeny?

• mountain-born/produced

• uplift-mountain

• make-rocks

The mountains of the Lake District passed through the Earth's equator 250 million years ago and were like deserts with sand dunes. True or false?

• True

• False