Mountains Quiz 5

Mountains Quiz 5

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1. This national park was created in 1925 as the first national park on the African continent primarily to protect the mountain gorillas. Do you know which are we talking about?

Virunga National Park
Kruger National Park
Serengeti national park
Tsavo East National Park

2. This species of sheep found in the mountainous regions of Central Asia are in the conservation status of "near threatened". They are named after a merchant traveller and adventurer. Can you name this adventurer?

Megasthenes
Ibn Battuta
Al Beruni
Marco Polo

3. Vinson Massif is a large mountain. Where is it located?

Australia
North America
Antartica
Africa

4. What are the winds blowing down the slope of a mountain is known as?

Land Breeze
Katabatic wind
Adiabatic winds
Downside breeze

5. What is a large amount of snow and ice that suddenly falls down a mountain called?

Blizzard
Downpour
Avalanche
Hailstone

6. What is an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a virtually level surrounding plain called?

Iceberg
Inselberg
Bergschrund
Cornice

7. What is the least explosive type of volcano called?

Basalt plateau
Cinder cone
Composite volcano
Shield volcano

8. What is the longest continental mountain range in the world?

The Himalayas
The Andes
The Urals
Great Dividing Range

9. What is the name of a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself, making it a large, special form of volcanic crater?

Somma Volcano
Galdera
Caldera
Lahar

10. Where is Adam's Peak, the mountain revered as a holy site by Buddhists, Hindus, some Muslims and Christians, located?

India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bhutan

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