Mountains
By:Gabrielle
What lives in the mountains?
Mountain lions,grizzly bears,bighorn sheep,brown bear,black bear,mountain goats,antelope and plant life is lots of mushrooms,wild flowers and lots of fungus and moss and exotic flowers and lots of pine trees at lower levels of the mountain.
Every mountain
The History timeline on websites and what is the height and names.
Mount McKinley, 20,320 feet (6,194 meters, State: Alaska
historic timeline of event
http://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/climbinghistory.htm
Mount Saint Elias: 18,008 feet (5,489 m) States: Alaska and the Yukon Territory
historic timeline of event
http://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/key-park-dates.htm
Mount Foraker: 17,400 ft (5,304 m) State: Alaska
Mount Bona: 16,550 feet (5,044 m) State: Alaska
Mount Blackburn: 16,390 feet (4,996 m) State: Alaska
6) Mount Sanford: 16,237 feet (4,949 m) State: Alaska
7) Fairweather Mountain: 15,325 feet (4,671 m) States: Alaska
8) Mount Hubbard - 14,950 feet (4,557 m) States: Alaska and the Yukon Territory
9) Mount Bear: 14,831 feet (4,520 m) State: Alaska
10) Mt Hunter: 14,573 feet (4,442 m) State: Alaska
11) Mount Whitney: 14,505 feet (4,421 m) State: California
12) Mount Alverstone: 14,500 feet (4,420 m) States: Alaska and the Yukon Territory
13) University Peak: 14,470 feet (4,410 m) State: Alaska
14) Mount Elbert: 14,440 feet (4,401 m) State: Colorado
15) Mount Massive: 14,428 feet (4,398 m) State: Colorado
16) Mount Harvard: 14,427 feet (4,397 m) State: Colorado
17) Mount Rainier: 14,417 feet (4,394 m) State: Washington
18) Mount Williamson: 14,389 feet (4,386 m) State: California
19) La Plata Peak: 14,368 feet (4,379 m) State: Colorado
20) Blanca Peak: 14,351 feet (4,374 m) State: Colorado
Why is there snow in the mountain tops?
How did the mountains get there names?
How were the mountains formed?
Many mountains were formed from the Earth's tectonic plates smashing together. The Earth's crust is made up of multiple tectonic plates that still move today as a result of geologic activity below the surface, and over the years getting its shape in the video in the beginning.