Mountains

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