Great Science Adventures: Discovering Earth's Landforms & Surface Features, Lesson 6 Review

Front 1

Any point on Earth's surface that rises 1,00 for or more above its surroundings is a ______.

Back 1

mountain

Front 2

_____ _____, in Tibet, is the highest mountain on Earth. (two words)

Back 2

Mount Everest

Front 3

There are several general types of mountains: _____, _____, _____ and _____.

Back 3

folded, block, dome and volcanic

Front 4

_____ mountains and valleys are caused when the continental plates move and the lithosphere bends or crumples beneath the surface.

Back 4

folded

Front 5

_____ mountains are caused when the contintal plates move and the layers of the lithosphere break and slip along fault lines.

Back 5

block

Front 6

_____ mountains are caused when molten rock, or magma, pushes up on Earth's surface but does not breath through.

Back 6

dome

Front 7

_____ mountains are caused when molten rock does breath through the Earth's surface. They often lie in a linear chain.

Back 7

volcanic

Front 8

Hills are high points on Earth's surface that are less than _____ feet in height.

Back 8

1,000

Front 9

Most hills are formed by the same processes that form mountains, while a few are formed by _____ movement and deposits.

Back 9

glacier

Front 10

The longest mountain range in the world is the _____ Mountains in South American.

Back 10

Andes