Mountain Formation
What type of mountain forms when rock folds over other rock?
What is a folded mountain?
This animal has hooves with sharp edges that help it grip steep rocky slopes.
What is a mountain goat?
This is a lower place in the mountains that makes crossing easier.
What is a mountain pass (or gap)?
When snow melts on mountains, it flows into these to provide water for homes and farms.
What are rivers and lakes?
Mountains can make these two things difficult for people.
What are travel and communication?
This type of mountain forms when pieces of rock break and are pushed upward by shifting plates.
What is a fault block mountain?
This body feature helps animals survive on narrow mountain ledges.
What are sharp-edged hooves (or surefooted hooves)?
Mountain roads use these curved shapes to reduce how steep the climb is.
What are S-curves?
Fast-moving mountain water can turn generators to produce this.
What is electricity (or hydroelectric power)?
TRUE or FALSE: Dome mountains are created by river erosion.
What is FALSE?
When magma pushes upward under Earth's crust but does NOT erupt, this mountain type forms.
What is a dome mountain?
During winter, some mountain animals do this to survive the cold.
What is moving to lower elevations (or hibernating)?
People dig these through mountains so cars and trains can travel year-round.
What are tunnels?
Mountains may contain these useful materials like gold, silver, copper, zinc, and coal.
What are minerals (and coal)?
Snow builds up on mountains in winter and does this in warmer months.
What is melts (and flows into rivers and lakes)?
Lava and ash build up and harden to create this type of mountain.
What is a volcanic mountain?
Name TWO things that help mountain animals survive cold winters.
What are a heavy coat, hibernating, or moving to warmer lower elevations?
Name THREE solutions that help people travel across or through mountain barriers.
What are tunnels, passes/gaps, and S-curved roads?
This resource is connected to hydroelectric power.
What is moving water?
This detail BEST supports that an animal with sharp-edged hooves is a mountain goat.
What is "its hooves grip steep rocky slopes"?
Name ALL FOUR types of mountains we studied.
What are folded, fault block, dome, and volcanic mountains?
When an animal moves lower down the mountain in winter to find warmer temperatures and shelter, this helps the animal do this.
What is survive cold mountain winters?
Two towns are on opposite sides of a steep mountain and need year-round travel. This is the BEST solution.
The main idea of mountain resources is this.
What is "mountains provide several useful natural resources"?
Name THREE key details that support the main idea that mountains provide useful resources.
What are snowmelt provides water, moving water makes electricity, and mountains contain minerals and coal?