4A Group 5 Mountains
Below are 2 photos of your model mountain, taken on April 22. Review the photos and answer these questions:1) How has the height of your mountain changed? Has it gotten taller or shorter?
2) Look at the black line that you drew around the base of your mountain. How has the base of your mountain gotten bigger or smaller?
3) How have the peaks of your mountain changed? How they gotten more rounded or are they more jagged and pointy?
4) Where do you see loose sand and gravel building up? Where did this material come from? (Ignore the grass, that came from people mowing.)
5) Do you see any gullies, slumps, cliffs or deltas? If so, where?
6) Compare the overall form of your mountain to the Catskills, the Taconics, the Appalachians, the Rockies, Alps and the Himalayas (pictured at the bottom of this page). Which does it look most similar to?
7) Based on your observations and your answers to these questions, describe how you think mountains tend to change over time?
8) Based on your observations and your answers to these questions, which of the 6 mountain ranges below do you think is the oldest?
Originally:
As of April 22:
The Catskills |
The Taconics |
The Appalachians |
The Rockies |
The Alps |
The Himalayas |
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