Mountains
Across
- 3. Heights of mountains are generally given as heights above___
- 4. ____ cover about 1/5 of the world’s land surface.
- 5. The highest___mountains in the world are found in the Himalayas.
- 8. _____are an Upwarped Mountain example
- 10. and Aleutian islands ____are an example of a Volcanic mountains.
- 12. According to the UN, mountains are home to ____ percent of the population
- 14. ________ are the result of intense compressional forces that fold,fault and metamorphose the rocks.
- 15. ____ are the accumulations of volcanic lavas such as seamounts and stratovolcanoes
- 16. _____ are an example of Folded Mountains
Down
- 1. The highest mountain known to man is the_____,a giant volcano on Mars.
- 2. ____ that may be found on mountains include conifers, oak and chesnut.
- 6. ____ are generally the result of broad arching of
- 7. Some of the _____ mountains are at the bottom of the sea.
- 9. ______ is the second largest mountain in the world.
- 11. _____ mountains result from tensional stress.
- 13. About _____ percent of the world’s fresh water originates in the mountains.
- 17. The longest mountain chain on land is the_____