Year 4 Geography - What makes a mountain?

What is the top of a mountain called?

• Summit

• Base

• Slope

• Valley

How are fold mountains formed?

• By the collision of tectonic plates

• By volcanic activity

• By erosion

• By sediment deposition

The key physical features of a mountain are:

• Peaks, valleys, and slopes

• Rivers and lakes

• Deserts and plains

• Forests and jungles

Which type of mountain is formed when magma is forced upwards but doesn't flow out of the crust?

• Dome mountain

• Fold mountain

• Fault-block mountain

• Volcanic mountain

Fill in the blank: Imaginary horizontal lines running East and West parallel to the equator are called _______.

• latitude.

• longitude.

• meridians.

• prime meridian.

Fill in the blank: Imaginary vertical lines running North to South, also known as Prime Meridian, are called _______.

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• tropics

Fill in the blank: Two imaginary lines that circle the globe marking the boundaries of the tropics are called _______.

• Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

• Equator and Prime Meridian

• Arctic and Antarctic Circles

• Greenwich Meridian and International Date Line

Fill in the blank: An imaginary circle around the Earth, dividing it into 2 parts: the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, is called the _______.

• equator.

• prime meridian.

• tropic of Cancer.

• tropic of Capricorn.