What positive effect is there of a mountain?

They provide recreation for humans.

have been worn down by erosion.

the building of level surfaces on a mountainside.

the wearing away of soil and rock by wind or water

a low place in the mountains, often created by a river.

A hydroelectric plant

uses moving water to power generators that make electricity.

A place that is lower than the surrounding mountains.

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Mountains Review

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Core Knowledge Mountains ,4th grade

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1
Which mountain is the highest in the world?
Mt. Aconcagua
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Everest
2
A barrier
is no longer active or living.
is the building of level surfaces on a mountainside.
are shifting plates.
is something that blocks the way.
3
What is a plateau?
A large area of high level ground between mountains.
The rapid downhill fall of a large amount of snow.
Something that blocks the way.
The wearing away of soil and rock.
4
What positive effect is there of a mountain?
Mountain people have limited resources.
It is difficult to spread ideas and information.
People may face communication problems.
They provide recreation for humans.
5
Older mountains
are super steep.
have been worn down by erosion.
6
What is terracing?
a sleeplike state during winter.
the building of level surfaces on a mountainside.
no longer active or living.
a low place in the mountains, often created by rivers.
7
Erosion is
the wearing away of soil and rock by wind or water
high but level ground between mountain ranges
a naturally occurring chemical substance
something that blocks the way
8
A mountain gap is
molten or melted rock deep beneath the earth's crust.
something that blocks the way.
no longer active or living.
a low place in the mountains, often created by a river.
9
A _______ mountain is formed when magma wells up below the surface and creates hills.
folded
dome
fault-blocked
volcanic
10
New mountains have
rounder, softer, edges.
steeper, more jagged edges.
11
A hydroelectric plant
uses moving water to power generators that make electricity.
is something that blocks the way.
is a low mountain that people use to get through.
is a low place in the mountains.
12
A mountain pass is
Something you do in football.
Adaptations of animals.
Where animals move down the mountain.
A place that is lower than the surrounding mountains.
13
To go into a sleep like state during winter while living off body fat, is called...
Mineral
Erosion
Extinction
Hibernation
14
What is NOT a way animals survive the extreme cold?
They run up the trees.
They hibernate
They find shelter underground.
They move down the mountain.
15
A ____ mountain is formed when the Earth's crust shifts so rocks folds on top of another.
volcanic
folded
fault-blocked
dome

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