Autumn 2- Y5 Geography- Mountains

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Lesson 1 - mountains of the world

A mountain is usually...

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1. Low and rounded

2. high and jagged

3. low and jagged

4. High and rounded

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Mountains are often found in groups called...

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1. Mountain sets

2. Mountain groups

3. Mountain ranges

4. Mountain bunches

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Scientists believe that mountains are formed by...

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1. God or divine intervention

2. slow movement of the earth's crust which collides and pushes land upwards

3. slow movement of the earth's crust which is pushed downwards

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Can you match the famous mountain ranges to the continents they are found?

4 points

South America

Asia

North America

Europe

Himalayas

The Alps

Andes

Rocky Mountains

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Lesson 2- the Alps

Which countries to the Alps spread across?

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1. England, Scotland and Wales

2. France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany

3. North and South America

4. Russia and parts of Asia

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What is the name of the highest mountain in the Alps?

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1. Blanc Mount

2. K2

3. Mount Blanc

4. Mount Fiji

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Lesson 3- the high peaks of the Himalayas

What is the name of the highest mountain in the world found in the Himalayas?

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1. Mount Blanc

2. K2

3. Mount Everest

4. Snowdonia

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What is the climate like on top of the Himalayas

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1. Warm and sunny

2. freezing cold, thin air (little oxygen), blizzards

3. Cold with low winds

4. Mild

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Who were the first people to climb Mount Everest?

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1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

2. Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay

3. Ant and Dec

4. Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise

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Hilary was a British mountaineer. Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa. What best describes a sherpa?

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1. Someone carries equipment and bags up the mountain

2. Someone who studies the weather

3. Someone who creates ice sculptures

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Lesson 4- American mountains

There are three main mountain ranges in North and South America. Tick all 3.

3 points

1. The Rockies

2.. The Alps

3. The Andes

4. The Himalayas

5. The Appalachians

3 points

North America

South America

Rockies

Appalachians

Andes

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The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and home to the Inca civilisation who built Machu Picchu

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1. True

2. False

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The Appalachians were once as high as the Alps, but are so ancient (450millions years old), that they have been weathered down

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1. True

2. False

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Lesson 5=- African Mountains

What is special about Mount Kilimanjaro - K2 (tick all)?

2 points

1. It is the highest mountain in the world

2. It is the second highest mountain in the world

3. It is part of a mountain range

4. It is not part of a mountain range.

lava lakes form in Ethiopia because...

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1. It is so hot

2. tectonic plates are moving away from each other causing magma to seep out.

3. There are lots of volcanoes

4. The lava is so hot

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Great African Rift Valley

The Great African Rift Valley is caused by...

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1. Plates moving away from each other

2. Plates colliding

3. Large volcanoes

4. Earthquakes

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It is thought to be the place where humanity first evolved before migrating across the globe.

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1. True

2. False

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