All About Mountians
Across
- 3. fold/ Where the mountains are the same angle of dip relative to the axial surface.
- 8. George Everest/ Who was Mount Everest named after?
- 9. Mons/ A mountain that is a total of 14 miles high and the tallest mountain in the solar system.
- 11. Where do most of the tallest mountains fall?
- 12. Mountains/ What are the youngest mountain systems?
- 14. What are the mountains called that are permentaly frozen?
- 15. fifth/ About how much of the world's land surface is covered in mountains?
- 16. mountains/ These types of mountains are formed by huge tectonic plates that make Earth's crust.
- 17. Characteristics/ Mountains are classified in what type of category's?
- 19. Where are more than 100 of the Earth's tallest mountains located?
- 20. What percent of the planets fresh water originates from mountain's?
Down
- 1. fold/ Mountains that form deep craters in the side of a mountain.
- 2. fold/ The layering and dips of the mountains, or side of them.
- 4. Where is the highest plateau mountain located?
- 5. Ranges/ Long chains or groups of mountains. Ex: Rocky Mountains, Himalayan Mountains.
- 6. No vegetation grows above this line on mountains?
- 7. A landform that is a steep sided mass of rock, 2000 feet above sea level.
- 10. Atlantic/ Where has the worlds largest chain of undersea mountains?
- 13. plates/ Why does Mount Everest move 4mm per year?
- 18. What state is built on top of a volcanic mountain?