Lesson 6 Section 4 - Mountain Ranges Occur in Patterns

A ______________ is an area of land with high elevation that rises to a sharp peak.

The tallest mountain is _____________

• Mount Everest

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian mountains

A group of many mountains is called a ______________

• mountain school

• mountain cluster

• mountain range

• mountain class

True or False?

Some mountains are volcanoes, or old volcanoes that do not erupt anymore

• True

• False

One type of physical map that shows where mountains are is a ​ (a)   Each line represents a certain ​ (b)   . When the lines are far apart, the land is ​ (c)   . The​ (d)   together the lines are, the steeper the land.

• topographic map.
• elevation
• not very steep
• closer

Like ​ (a)   , mountains are formed from ​ (b)   inside the Earth.

• volcanoes
• movements

circle at least three mountain ranges located along the Ring of Fire in RED