Mountains

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Across
  1. 7. A ________ is a geological landform that rises above the surrounding land.
  2. 8. What are formed when two plates run into each other or collide and cause the Earth's crust to crumple and fold.
  3. 11. The bottom of the mountain is called the ______?
  4. 12. Sierra Nevada mountains are ____-block mountains that started to form less than 5 million years ago?
  5. 14. Sierra Nevada mountains are located in __________.
  6. 15. Which mountain in South Dakota is a dome mountain?
  7. 17. Where is Mount Everest located?
  8. 18. A ______ mountain forms when magma pushes up to the earth's crust but doesn't actually crack through the surface.
Down
  1. 1. What forms when a simple small crack or vent opens up in the Earth and magma erupts out of the ground as lava flows, clouds of ash, and explosions of rock go in the air and then falls back to earth and piles up around the vent.
  2. 2. A group of mountains are called a _______?
  3. 3. A mountain usually rises at least a _____ feet above sea level.
  4. 4. The most common type of plant on a mountain is the _______ tree.
  5. 5. Where is Mount Fuji located?
  6. 6. Which mountains form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others down.
  7. 9. What mountain formed about 60 million years ago, when India collided with EuroAsia causing a fold mountain.
  8. 10. The top of the mountain is called the ________?
  9. 13. Mount Fuji is what type of mountain formation?
  10. 16. The higher you go up the mountain the thinner the air gets and the ______ the temperature gets.