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What are a similarity and a difference between magma and lava?

Both magma and lava are molten rock but magma is underground and lava breaks through the Earth's surface.

How many percent of the world fresh water is supplied by mountains?

60-80%

What sorts of farming do people in mountains practice?

shifting cultivation, terraced fields, and migrating with grazing herds.

Why is it safe for indigenous people and ethnic minorities to live in mountains?

Because they are hard to cross, and sometimes even dangerous as they may be covered by snow, ice or glaciers.

How many percent of the world population live in mountain regions?

About 12%

About 20%

About 15%

About 10%

Why Australia could be hit by tsunami?

Because the continent of Australia is surrounded to the north and east by some 8000km of active tectonic plate boudaries.

As the tsunami waves travel towards land (decrease in depth), what happens?

The speed gets slower but the waves gets higher and closer

How fast do tsunami waves travel in the ocean, near the starting point?

970km per hour

9,970km per hour

97km per hour

9.7km per hour

Which area would the wavelength be longer? In the ocean or near the land?

In the ocean (30km approx.)

What is the definition of 'tsunami'?

Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruption under the sea

Whiere did the most powerful earthquake in history occur?

Chile (22 May 1960)

Give names of three scales used to measure the size of an earthquake.

The Richter, Mercalli and Moment Magnitude Scales

What is the difference between the Richter and Mercalli Scales?

While the Richter Scale measures seisomic waves, the Mercali Scale estimate the shaking intensity by observing the effects on people, objects and buildings

What is the con of the Richter Scale?

It cannot adequately show the magnitude and size when an earthquake is too big

What is 'epicentre'?

The point at ground level directly above the focus of an earthquake

What is the 'focus' of an earthquake?

The central point of the area over which fault movement occurred and caused the earthquake

What are 'seismic waves'?

vibrations in the earth that transmit energy and occur during earthquakes,volcanic eruptions or explosions

When do earthquake occur?

When the layers of rock fault near the plate boundaries suddenly moves

Where do erthquakes usually occur?

on or near tectonic plate boundaries

What is the name of the theory that proposes that about 225 million years ago all the continents were joint but gradually got drifted away?

The continental drift theory

The continent drifting theory

The continental drifting theory

The continents drifting theory

This type of mountain is called

Volcanic mountain

This type of mountain is called

Fault-block mountains

This type of mountain is called

Fold mountain

This type of mountain is called

Dome mountain

The area coloured in pink is called

The (Pacific) Ring of Fire

This diagram shows an example of a …………. boundary.

Transform

This diagram shows an example of a …………. boundary.

Divergent

This diagram shows a type of ………….. boundary.

Convergent

This diagram shows a ………. boundary.

Convergent

Which part of a mountain can you find moss and lichens?

The area close to the peak of the mountain

For every 100 metre you climb, the temperature drops by

0.65 °C

Mountains cover _______ of the Earth’s total land areas.

a quarter

What is the name of the biggest mountain ranges in Australia?

The Great Dividing Range

What is the name of the super continent in the continental drift theory?

Pangea

Continental currents can move the plates by up to ___ centimetres per year.

15

The heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle is called

Convection currents

semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust is called

magma

The individual moving pieces of the Earth’s crust are called

continental plates

Mountains and mountain ranges have formed over billions of years from

Tectonic activity

The rotation of the Earth

Volcanic eruptions

What is the vegetation type in the bottom area of a mountain?

a thick rainforest

It is usually colder at the top of a mountain than at the bottom, because

The air becomes thinner and is less able to hold heat.

It snows a lot at the top.

It is too far from the sea.

It is close to the space.

There are thousands of mountains in mainland Australia. True or False?

True

Mount Kosciuszko is located in

New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Western Australia

Mountains are found in ______ of all the world’s countries.

three-quarters

two-thirds

one-fifth

one-third

Mountains are found on every continent. True or False?

True

How many mountains are there in the world?

more than one million

more than ten million

more than one hundred million

more than one billion

The tallest mountain from base to peak is

Mauna Kea

The altitude of Mt Everest above mean sea level is

8,848 metres

7,748 metres

4,484 metres

8, 488 metres

The Alps is located in South America. True or False?

False

Which is the definition of a mountain?

a landform that rises 300m + above its surrounding area

a landform which is higher than its surrounding area

a landform that rises 200m + above its surrounding area

a landform which is lower than its surrounding area

A peak of a mountain is called

A summit

Steep valleys between mountains located very close to each other are called

Gorges

In which mountain range is Mt. Everest located?

The Himalayas

The Great Dividung Range

The Alps

The Atlas

The highest mountain in Australia is

Mount Kosciuszko

Blue mountains

Snowy mountains

Mount Kembla