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Mountain Formation Exploration

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Mountain Formation Exploration

Mountain landscape illustration

🏔️ Part 1: Mountain Vocabulary

1. Match each word to its correct meaning by drawing a line:
Tectonic plates
Volcano
Peak
Hill
A small raised area of land
The very top point of a mountain
Big pieces of Earth's crust that move
A crack where lava comes out
2. Fill in the missing words:

Mountains form when _____________ _____________ move and push against each other. The highest part of a mountain is called the _____________.

3. Which of these is taller?

A hill

A mountain

🌋 Part 2: How Mountains Form

4. What makes mountains form? Choose the best answer:

Wind blowing very hard

Tectonic plates moving and pushing together

Rain falling for many years

5. Tick all the things you might find on or near a mountain:

Snow on the peak

Volcanoes

Sandy beaches

Rocky slopes

6. Explain in your own words how mountains are made:

🎨 Part 3: Mountain Design

7. Draw and label a mountain. Include the peak and show where tectonic plates might be underneath:
8. Write one new thing you learned about mountains today:
9. If you could visit any mountain in the world, which would it be and why?

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