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Mountains and Mountain Ranges

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  • This type of mountain is called
    Dome mountain
  • What is the vegetation type in the bottom area of a mountain?
    a thick rainforest
  • What is the name of the biggest mountain ranges in Australia?
    The Great Dividing Range
  • The area coloured in pink is called
    The (Pacific) Ring of Fire
  • The tallest mountain from base to peak is
    Mauna Kea
  • This type of mountain is called
    Volcanic mountain
  • semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust is called
    magma
  • Mount Kosciuszko is located in
    New South Wales
    Queensland
    Victoria
    Western Australia
  • In which mountain range is Mt. Everest located?
    The Himalayas
    The Atlas
    The Great Dividung Range
    The Alps
  • Which part of a mountain can you find moss and lichens?
    The area close to the peak of the mountain
  • What is the name of the super continent in the continental drift theory?
    Pangea
  • Steep valleys  between  mountains located very close to each other are called
    Gorges
  • Continental currents can move the plates by up to ___ centimetres per year.
    15
  • Which is the definition of a mountain?
    a landform which is lower than its surrounding area
    a landform that rises 300m + above its surrounding area
    a landform that rises 200m + above its surrounding area
    a landform which is higher than its surrounding area
  • The individual moving pieces of the Earth’s crust are called
    continental plates
  • This diagram shows a ………. boundary.
    Convergent
  • Mountains cover _______ of the Earth’s total land areas.
    a quarter
  • The altitude of Mt Everest above mean sea level is
    8,848 metres
    8, 488 metres
    4,484 metres
    7,748 metres
  • The Alps is located in South America. True or False?
    False
  • For every 100 metres you climb, the temperature drops by
    0.65 °C
  • The heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle is called
    Convection currents
  • Mountains are found on every continent. True or False?
    True
  • This diagram shows an example of a …………. boundary.
    Divergent
  • This type of mountain is called
    Fault-block mountains
  • There are thousands of mountains in mainland Australia. True or False?
    True
  • Mountains and mountain ranges have formed over billions of years from
    Tectonic activity
    Volcanic eruptions
    The rotation of the Earth
  • This type of mountain is called
    Fold mountain
  • How many mountains are there in the world?
    more than ten million
    more than one million
    more than one billion
    more than one hundred million
  • This diagram shows an example of a …………. boundary.
    Transform
  • Mountains are found in ______ of all the world’s countries.
    two-thirds
    one-third
    three-quarters
    one-fifth
  • It is usually colder at the top of a mountain than at the bottom, because
    It is close to the space.
    It is too far from the sea.
    The air becomes thinner and is less able to hold heat.
    It snows a lot at the top.
  • This diagram shows a type of ………….. boundary.
    Convergent
  • A peak of a mountain is called
    A summit
  • The highest mountain in Australia is
    Blue mountains
    Mount Kembla
    Snowy mountains
    Mount Kosciuszko
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