mountains
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- volcano
- opening in the earth's crust
- Bhotians
- have enlarge hearts and lungs and depend on the yak
- Hawaiian Mountains
- these mountains are formed by volcanoes
- importance of mountains
- tress for building, paper, and fuel, mining,jewels, and rocks
- Mt. Everest
- highest mountain peak in the world
- Heart of the earth
- crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core
- fold mountains
- rock is forced up the ground when the plates move and a mountain is formed
- Mountain jewels
- diamonds, rubies, sapphires, gold and silver
- hibernate
- animals sleep during the winter
- cement
- is made from limestone
- softwoods
- aspen, pine, spruce, used for paper and fuel
- Mountain animals
- goats, marmots, sheep, yak, and reindeer
- hardwoods
- teak , ebony, mahogany-used to make furniture
- How to save the mountains
- plant trees, don't let animals graze in one area, national parks, plant trees
- avalanche
- heavy snow slips down the mountain side
- altitude
- measurement of height above sea level
- rain shadow
- one side of the mountain receives rain and the other little
- treeline
- this is the line where trees stop growing
- snowline
- the line of the mountain where there is no growth
- deciduous trees
- lose their leaves when it gets cold
- coniferous trees
- produce cones and are evergreens
- acid rain
- rain polluted by chemicals which can poison trees
- camouflage
- animals blend in with their surroundings