Mount Everest I - Measuring a Mountain a. Mount Everest is 29,035 feet b. Mauna Loa is 56,000 feet from base c.

Mauna Loa is 13,000 feet above sea level d. one way to measure is the peak to the center of the Earth II - One of Many Towering Mountains a. K2, Annapurna, and Mount Kailas have peaks over 20,000 feet above sea level b. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the Himalayas c. Himalayas is 1,500 miles long d. Himalayas go threw India, China, Pakistan III - Pangaea a. 225 million year ago people thought that the continents were mashed together b. Africa and South America had the same fossils on their two coasts IV - Plate Tectonics a. a dozen small and large pieces became 7 continents b. plates move in 3 ways crash, pull apart and touch well passing each other c. the movement of the plates make some thing happen that could be bad for people but good for the earth V - The Great Breakup a. when two plates crash it is like a cars in a crash b. Pangaea separated about 200 million years ago c. sediment would make the two and masses crunch the
VI- The Four Ranges the Himalayas a. Higher Himalayas, Lower Himalayas, Tethys Himalayas, Outer Himalayas are the four ranges b. people belive there's a Yeti in the Himalayas

VII-Change in the Himalayas a. we are going in to global warming b. India has moved a few centimeters north every year c. global warming is making glaciers melt in make rivers d. the glaciers will make a tsunami from the sky

VIII-A Fiery Lava Lake a. Nyiragongo is located between two tectonic plates b. Nyriagongo doesn't erupt but it is sill dangerous c. when Nyiragongo drained in 1977, 2,000 people were killed IX- Lava Flows into the city a. lava flowed in villages b. 100,000 people had no home c. Nyiragongo holds other danger, every day 50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide that hazardous to heath of people and animals nearby