Mountains Quiz

A mountain is high ground that rises more than _________ metres.

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

Most mountains occur in groups called mountain ___________, which form larger groups called mountain ___________

• ranges, chains

• chains, ranges

• peaks, hills

• hills, peaks

When glaciers melt, ________ lakes are formed.

• ocean

• river

• mountain

• finger

The world's longest mountain chain is called the ______________________.

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Alps

The height of a mountain, as measured from sea-level, is referred to as the __________ .

____________ is the highest mountain in the UK.

• Mount Snowdon

• Scafell Pike

• Ben Nevis

Starting from the centre, the four layers of the earth are the __________?

• Mantel, Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Magma, Crust

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantel, Plate

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantel, Crust

How many major plates are there?

• 6

• 5

• 7

• 8

A ___________ plate margin is a place where two tectonic plates push towards each other, creating what are referred to as ____ mountains.

A ____________ plate margin is a place where two tectonic plates move apart and create new land