Mobile Mountains (Jebel Hafit)

See how many answers you can get right with this Mobile Mountains (Jebel Hafit) quiz:

1. Jebel Hafit rises how many metres above sea level?

240 metres 1,240 metres 11,240 metres

2. Stalactites are:

A tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water A mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water

3. The Hajar Mountains constitute the world's most extensive surface exposure of:

Stalagmites Sedimentites Ophiolites Stalactites

4. Jebel Hafit is eroded in such a way that the composing layers are:

Impossible to observe at the surface Difficult to observe at the surface Easily observed at the surface

5. Jebel Hafit is a small outlying fragment of:

The Taurus Mountains The Hijaz and Asir Mountains The Hajar Mountains The Elburz Mountains

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