Mountain Range Activity Worksheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Mountain Range Activity Worksheet Page 2

The movement of Earth’s Tectonic Plates shapes the surface in many ways. One of the most amazing features shaped by the

movement of the plates is the Earth’s mighty mountain ranges. Mountains can be found on every continent and even at the bottom of

the sea floor. In this activity we want to investigate the different ways that mountains form due to plate movement. You will be

assigned two different mountain ranges to research. We want to know where they are located, what type of plate boundary are they

near if any, and how they formed. Fill in the table below with your information. Use the table as a guide for your research.

Name of Mountain Ranges

Where are the mountains located?

(Country/State/Region)

Are the mountains near/on a plate

boundary? If so, what plates make

up the boundary?

If the mountains are near on/a plate

boundary, what type of plate

boundary is it?

What type of mountain ranges is it?

What is the age of the mountains?

On the map below, draw the symbol for mountains where your two mountain ranges are located. Also on the map, draw the nearest

plate boundaries that you think played a role in making your two mountain ranges (see page 170 for plate locations).

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