Pontic Mountains

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/pontic-mountains

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. How big is the Pontic Mountains?A major mountain range extending across northern Turkey
2. What is the location?Northern Anatolia, Turkey
3. What is the primary turkish name?Kuzey Anadolu Dağları
4. What are the Pontic Mountains and where are they located?The Pontic Mountains are a big mountain range in northern Turkey, also called Kuzey Anadolu Dağları.
5. How were the Pontic Mountains formed?They were made by the collision of the Eurasian and African plates, lifting and folding the Earth's crust over millions of years.

Tectonic Activity: The movement and interaction of the Earth's large crustal plates.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
Endemic Species: A species native and restricted to a certain place.
Etymology: The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.