QT: Mountain and Volcano Earth Science

QT: Mountain and Volcano Earth Science

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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QT: Mountain and Volcano Earth Science

QT: Mountain and Volcano Earth Science

Assessment

Quiz

Geography

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Matt Stickle

Used 3+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a glacier that surrounds a mountain peak or ridge?

Piedmont glacier

Nunatak

Tarn

Cirque

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process by which mountains are created?

Rain shadow

Orogeny

Glacier

Tree line

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect is created when clouds are blocked by a mountain range, creating a desert on the leeward side of the mountains?

Glacier

Tree line

Rain shadow

Orogeny

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the altitude above which trees do not grow on a mountain?

Tree line

Glacier

Orogeny

Rain shadow

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of winds descend the slope of a mountain, creating the rain shadow effect?

Katabatic winds

Anabatic winds

Foehn winds

Leeward winds

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for volcanic craters usually formed by the collapse of the center of volcanoes during eruptions?

Caldera

Pyroclastic flow

Eruption

Lava

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the expulsion of lava, tephra, and gases from a volcano called?

Lava

Eruption

Caldera

Pyroclastic flow

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