Quiz  /  Mountains

  • 1. 
    What is the tallest mountain in the world?

  • Mount Everest
  • Mount Fuji
  • Mount Olympus
  • Mount Kilimanjaro

  • 2. 
    According to the article, how tall must a geological formation be to be called a mountain?

  • 200 feet
  • 100 feet
  • 10 feet
  • 1,000 feet

  • 3. 
    Most mountains are formed by the movement of ________.

  • The Sun
  • The Moon
  • Tectonic plates
  • The ocean

  • 4. 
    What type of mountains are formed when magma erupts all the way to the surface of the Earth?

  • Volcanoes
  • Fold mountains
  • Fault-block mountains
  • Dome mountains

  • 5. 
    What type of mountains are formed along faults with some rocks being forced up and other rocks are forced down?

  • Fault-block mountains
  • Fold mountains
  • Volcanoes
  • Dome mountains

  • 6. 
    What type of mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide?

  • Dome mountains
  • Volcanoes
  • Fault-block mountains
  • Fold mountains

  • 7. 
    What type of mountains are formed when magma pushes up the surface of the Earth, but does not break through?

  • Dome mountains
  • Fault-block mountains
  • Fold mountains
  • Volcanoes

  • 8. 
    What is the highest point of a mountain called?

  • Arete
  • Peak
  • Pass
  • Crag

  • 9. 
    What is the side of a mountain called?

  • Crag
  • Arete
  • Pass
  • Slope

  • 10. 
    What do we call a mass of rock that projects outward from a rock face or cliff?

  • Pass
  • Arete
  • Crag
  • Peak
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