Q 01/05

By which measure do the Andes beat every other mountain range on land?

A) Peak height

B) Length

C) Age

D) Width

Answer · why

B) Length

Length: the Andes run the whole western edge of South America, farther than any other range on land. Only the mid-ocean ridge on the sea floor forms a...

Q 02/05

Which country holds the north-eastern end of the Andes, beyond Colombia?

A) Panama

B) Guyana

C) Venezuela

D) Brazil

Answer · why

C) Venezuela

Venezuela holds the range's north-eastern tail, the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, where the country's last glacier shrank so far that scientists reclassifi...

Q 03/05

What is the highest peak in the Andes, and in all the Americas?

A) Huascarán

B) Illimani

C) Aconcagua

D) Chimborazo

Answer · why

C) Aconcagua

Aconcagua began as a volcano but fell silent long ago, so the highest point in the Western Hemisphere, just inside Argentina, is no longer counted as ...

Q 04/05

Which Ecuadorian volcano's summit is the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's centre?

A) Cayambe

B) Chimborazo

C) Cotopaxi

D) Sangay

Answer · why

B) Chimborazo

Chimborazo sits about one degree from the equator, where Earth bulges outward, so its summit stands roughly 2 km farther from the planet's centre than...

Q 05/05

What is the world's highest volcano, on the Chile-Argentina border?

A) Cotopaxi

B) Ojos del Salado

C) Nevado del Ruiz

D) Llullaillaco

Answer · why

B) Ojos del Salado

Ojos del Salado has no confirmed eruption in recorded history, yet fumaroles near its summit still vent volcanic gas.