Reaching the Summit - Mountains

Which word describes a chain of mountains?

• Summit

• Ridge

• Range

• Plateau

Which description best describes a mountain face?

• An area of high, elevated flat land

• The visible side of a mountain

• The top or peak

• The low land between two or more hills or mountains.

Which of these are types of mountains based on how they are formed?

• Fold, Plateau, High

• Dome, Fold, Volcanic

• Fold, Unfold, Dome

• Everest, K2, Matterhorn

Which adjectives best describe the country of Nepal?

• Hilly and hot

• Flat and landlocked

• Mountainous and humid

• Mountainous and landlocked,

Which of these best describes how a dome mountain is formed.

• Two tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary and push the land upwards

• Two tectonic plates move apart and the gap is filled with new colcanic material.

• Magma from under the ground rises to the surface and bursts through in large eruprions forming mountains

• Magma from beneath the ground rises toward the surface causing a bulge but the magma does not erupt.

Which of the following statements about contour lines is false?

• Contour lines show you the elevation of the landscape.

• Contour lines can cross one another

• Closely spaced contour lines show a steep hill, slope or drop in height.

• Contour lines are usually brown on a map

Which group of people live in the mountain areas of Nepal?

• Sherpas

• Inuit

• Mauri

• Kazaks

Which other countries border Nepal?

• India and China

• India and Bhutan

• India and Pakistan

• Bangladesh and China

True or False: Mount Everest is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.

• True

• False

Which of these are some of the seven natural wonders of the world?

• Victoria Falls, Great Barrier Reef, Antarctica

• Great pyramids of Giza, Northern Lights, Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• K2, Rocky Mountains, Niagara Falls

• Victoria Falls, Northern Lights, Grand Canyon