Mountains

How are Mountains fromed

• Many mountains were formed as a result of Earth's tectonic plates smashing together. The Earth's crust is made up of multiple tectonic plates that still move today as a result of geologic activity below the surface.

• by the core

• the prasher that come up

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What is the tallest Mountains

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Which mountains were not formed in the same manner as the others?

• Everest and Whitney

• Stromboli and Kilauea

• Rainier and Kilimanjaro

• Paricutin and St. Helens

• Popocatepetl and Vesuvius

If Mount Olympus was the home of the gods, what Greek mountain was sacred to the nine Muses?

• Erebus

• Vesuvius

• Parnassus

• Mount Zion

• the Mount of Olives

Which is the world's longest continuous mountain barrier?

• Alps

• Urals

• Andes

• Rockies

• Himalayas

The world's highest plateau lies primarily in ...

• tibet

• Ethiopia

• Argentina

• New Guinea

• Switzerland

According to the theory of plate tectonics, mountains are formed when two plates...

• collide

• pull apart

• attract one another

• scrape past one another

• are lifted from the Earth's core

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The Rockies are composed chiefly of ...

• sima and magma

• tuff and feldspar

• granite and gneiss

• silicon and magnetite

• limestone and sandstone