Mountains Review Crossword

What do pools of sulfuric acid indicate? A place where lava is ____ to the surface.
What type of primate is indigenous only to the highlands of Ethiopia?
What allows Gelada Baboons to climb the dangerous mountain sides? They have the ______ fingers of any primate.
What is it called when an animal hunts at night?
What is the largest mountain range in the world?
Where are the Andes located? South _____
What is the lion of the Andes?
What is a danger common to large snowy mountain sides?
What does it mean when an animal hibernates? It’s when an animal sleeps through ___ winter months.
What is responsible for the deep valleys carved into the Alps?
What is a moulin? A____ in the ice opened by melted water
What rare cat in found in the Himalayan Mountains?
What aids the snow leopard in catching prey on the steep Himalayan cliffs? Large paws and a long tail that aids in _____
What is another third level consumer found on the Himalayan Mountainside?
What are the highest mountains in the world?
What effect do the Himalaya Mountains have on the world? They ______ global climate.
What is the highest mountain peak on the planet?
What are thermals? Rising _____ of warm air.
How do Golden Eagles hunt? They hunt in pairs to _____ young cranes from the flock.
What animal has made the mountains of the Arabian Peninsula their home?
What is one problem with raising young Nubian ibex on steep cliffs? There is almost no ____ water.
What is a predator of the Nubian ibex?
What is the only bird faster than a golden eagle?
How fast can an avalanche travel? 120 ___per hour
What animal spends the whole winter on the avalanche prone slopes of North America?
How many months do the grizzly bears hibernate? ___ Months
Moisture in the air freezes into tiny crystals called _______.
What animal is one of the few hunters to remain active in the winter?
What does the Bobcat use to disguise the noise of his footsteps on the snow? He ___ from boulder to boulder.
Seasons change very quickly in what mountain range?
What mountain has no marked seasons?
How do the cabbage groundsels protect themselves from freezing temperatures? They close their ___
Where is the highest flamingo colony in the world located?
What gets trapped in the ice at night in the Andes mountains because the water freezes?
How do snow leopards create a unique signature in their habitat? They ___ rocks with their cheeks, and they spray them with urine.
What do male snow leopards do to cubs that are not their own?