Mountain Landscapes Quiz

Mountains are measured by:

• Elevation

• Altitude

• Height from the ocean floor

• Height

Mt. Everest stands how tall?

• 8488m

• 8648

• 8848m

• 9000m

Which type of mountain is Mt. Everest?

• Block mountain

• Fold mountain

• Voilcanic mountain

Which mountain is the tallest in Australia?

• Mt. Bogong

• Mt. Buller

• Mt. Kosciuszcko

• Mt. Cannibal

This diagram shows which type of mountiain formation?

• Block mountain

• Fold Mountain

• Volanic Mountain

'Mountains' can be defined as:

• Large pieces of the Earth's crust

• Large uplifts

• Large natural elevations of the Earth's surface

• Large pointed and raised areas

Which of the following are true when comparing the Australian Mountains to the Himalayan Mountain Range (select more than one):

• They are much smaller in elevation

• They are both fold mountains

• They have far more vegetation on them

• They both receive snow

True or False: Mt. Bogong is the tallest mountain in Victoria.

• True

• False

The correct way to abbreviate the term mountain is:

• Mount

• MT

• Mt.

• Mt

Indigenous Australian's migrated to Victoria's mountains in summer for the harvest of which resource?

• Yam Daisy

• Baw Baw Frog

• Alpine Eucalypts

• Bogong Moth