What mainly created the Himalayas?

The Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate

Mountain Ranges Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

This mountain ranges quiz climbs from the Himalayas and the Andes to the Alps, the Rockies and the ancient Appalachians. Can you get 8 out of 10 on the world's great ranges?

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Asia
Which mountain range contains Mount Everest?
South America
What is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
Europe
Which European range includes Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn?
North America
Which mountain range runs from Alabama to Newfoundland and is one of the oldest on Earth?
Borders
Which range traditionally marks the boundary between Europe and Asia?
North America
The Continental Divide in North America follows which mountains?
Europe
Which mountains separate Spain from France?
Africa
In which country are the Atlas Mountains mainly found?
Oceans
Where is the longest mountain range on the planet?
Formation
What mainly created the Himalayas?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which mountain range contains Mount Everest?
Answer: Himalayas
Everest rises to 8,849 meters on the Nepal-China border. The Himalayas hold all ten of the world's highest peaks together with the nearby Karakoram.
Q2: What is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
Answer: Andes
The Andes stretch about 7,000 kilometers along the west coast of South America, through seven countries from Venezuela to Argentina.
Q3: Which European range includes Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn?
Answer: Alps
The Alps arc through eight countries. Mont Blanc, at about 4,806 meters, is the highest peak in the range.
Q4: Which mountain range runs from Alabama to Newfoundland and is one of the oldest on Earth?
Answer: Appalachians
The Appalachians formed more than 400 million years ago. Erosion has worn them down, so their highest peak, Mount Mitchell, is just over 2,000 meters.
Q5: Which range traditionally marks the boundary between Europe and Asia?
Answer: Urals
The Ural Mountains run about 2,500 kilometers north to south through Russia and are often used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
Q6: The Continental Divide in North America follows which mountains?
Answer: Rocky Mountains
Rain falling on one side of the Rockies' divide flows toward the Pacific, while rain on the other side drains toward the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico.
Q7: Which mountains separate Spain from France?
Answer: Pyrenees
The Pyrenees stretch about 430 kilometers from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. The small country of Andorra sits high in these mountains.
Q8: In which country are the Atlas Mountains mainly found?
Answer: Morocco
The Atlas Mountains run through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Toubkal in Morocco, at about 4,167 meters, is the highest peak in North Africa.
Q9: Where is the longest mountain range on the planet?
Answer: Under the ocean
The mid-ocean ridge system winds about 65,000 kilometers around the globe, mostly underwater, where tectonic plates spread apart.
Q10: What mainly created the Himalayas?
Answer: The Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate
India began colliding with Asia about 50 million years ago. The collision continues, so the Himalayas are still rising by a few millimeters a year.

Mountain Ranges Quiz – How Mountain Ranges Form

Most great mountain ranges are made when tectonic plates collide. The crust crumples and folds upward, as in the Himalayas and the Alps. Other ranges, like the Andes and the Cascades, rise where an ocean plate dives beneath a continent, fueling volcanoes along the way.

Ranges also tell time. Young mountains such as the Himalayas are tall, sharp and still growing, while old ranges like the Appalachians and the Urals have been rounded by hundreds of millions of years of rain, ice and wind.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz helps map readers, hikers and students connect famous peaks with the ranges they belong to.

Which range holds Everest, Mont Blanc and Toubkal
Why the Andes are the longest range on land
Where the Continental Divide runs
How plate collisions build mountains
Why old ranges look lower and rounder

Did You Know?

Aconcagua in the Andes, at about 6,961 meters, is the highest peak outside Asia.
The Alps are home to around 14 million people.
Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller than Everest when measured from its base on the seafloor.
The Transantarctic Mountains split Antarctica into east and west.
The word sierra comes from the Spanish for saw, describing jagged ridges.