Mountain Day

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mountain-day

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Concentrated along convergent plate boundaries on all continents
2. What is the primary formation processes?Orogeny through continental-continental collision, subduction zones, and volcanic activity
3. Why do mountains matter to the Earth?Mountains shape the weather, keep rivers full, and give homes to many plants and animals that need cool, high places.
4. How are mountains made?Mountains grow when big pieces of the Earth's crust push against each other or when hot magma rises, and this happens over millions of years.

Orogeny: The process of mountain formation, especially by folding and faulting of the Earth's crust.
Altitudinal Zonation: The change in climate, vegetation, and animal life with increasing elevation.
Ecosystem Services: The benefits that humans derive from natural ecosystems.
Plate Tectonics: The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.