Quiz  /  Mountains and the Sea: Fact or Fiction?

  • 1. 
    Tsunamis travel faster on open sea than near land.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 2. 
    Most deaths on Everest occur at the lower elevations of the mountain.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 3. 
    As sea levels rise, waves are higher, too.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 4. 
    The temperature drops by a degree for every kilometer climbed on a mountain.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 5. 
    Observatories are built on mountains because they are closer to the stars.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 6. 
    The temperature atop a mountain is about the same as that at sea level.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 7. 
    Most earthquakes take place underwater.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 8. 
    The world’s tallest measured wave was 9 meters tall.

  • Fact
  • Fiction
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