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WorksheetsHow mountains are formed?
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
This diagram shows a landform on Earth. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform?
Two oceanic plates slid past each other.
Two continental plates collided.
One continental plate slid past an oceanic plate.
One continental plate subducted beneath an oceanic plate.
When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.
fissures
volcanoes
Mountain ranges
rock cycle
What land form is an opening in the earth's surface from which lava flows?
mountain
canyon
volcano
island
What part of a fold is pictured here?
upfold
anticline
downfold
syncline
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust?
anticline
fracture
syncline
fault lines
Folded mountains form ___.
when continents diverge
when a state of isostasy occurs
when continents collide
after huge earthquakes
Which of these are types of mountains?
rolling, glacial, subterranean, cascades
fault-block, dome, volcanic, folded
rocky, green, smoky, white
salt-block, dome, magnum, frozen
What mountain is formed when two plates are pushed together and creates folds?
Fold
Block
Volcanic
What mountain is formed from an opening in the earths crust that spits out lava?
Volcanic
Fault
Block
Fold
These are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.
Fault block mountains
Volcanic mountains
Fold mountains
The Alps and the Himalayas are examples of ____.
Block mountains
Fold mountains
Volcanic mountains
Formed when plates moving apart causing cracks and faults
Block mountains
Volcanic mountains
Fold mountains
These are formed by magma rising up from the mantle to the crust of the Earth
Volcanic mountains
Fold mountains
Block mountains
An example: Mt. Fujiyama in Japan
Volcanic Mountain
Block Mountain
Fold Mountain
What is Magma ?
Molten rock under the earth's surface
Molten rock on the earth's surface
Mountains made of huge rocks separated from other rocks by faults are ____ mountains.
folded
fault-block
volcanic
Tremendous pushing forces cause a squeezing of rock layers in ____ mountains.
fault-block
folded
volcanic
What is the distinguishing characteristic that helps identify fault-block mountains?
Many trees
Gentle, rolling hills
Crater on the top
Jagged tops and steep cliffs
What is the general term for waves released from an earthquake?
Convection
Epicenter
Seismic Wave
Focus
What is a break in Earth’s crust where blocks of crust slide relative to one another?
Fault
Folding
Focus
Epicenter
Earth's temperature increases with depth. Which of the following is a result of the motion of materials caused by high temperatures in the Earth's mantle?
Erosion and deposition
Earthquakes and volcanoes
radioactive atoms in minerals
Ocean tides
What is the place in the Earth’s crust directly below the epicenter of an earthquake?
Focus
Tsunami
Epicenter
Seismic Wave
