Year 4 Geography - What makes a mountain?

Which feature is a rock formation visible from the surface?

• Outcrop

• Plateau

• Slope

• Tree line

Fill in the blank: The area of low land between mountains is called a _______.

• Valley.

• Plateau.

• Hill.

• Cliff.

How are fold mountains formed?

• A) Tectonic plates collide and rock is pushed up

• B) Cracks in the earth's surface open up

• C) Formed around volcanoes

• D) Formed when magma is forced upwards.

What type of mountains are formed around volcanoes and made of layers of ash and cooled lava?

• Volcanic mountains

• Dome mountains

• Fault-block mountains

• Plateau mountains

Pieces of the earth’s crusts connected together are known as what?

• Tectonic plates

• Continental shelves

• Oceanic ridges

• Mantle layers

What are imaginary horizontal lines running East and West parallel to the equator called?

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• Meridians

• Prime meridian

What are the two imaginary lines that circle the globe marking the boundaries of the tropics called?

• The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

• The Equator and the Prime Meridian.

• The Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle.

• The International Date Line and the Prime Meridian.

Which mountain range covers approximately 1,500 miles in Asia and passes through India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, and Nepal?

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Rockies

• Alps