Landforms

​landforms

mountains

A mountain is an abrupt and drastic change in elevation

​valley

​a valley is the low land in between two mountains. there can be a u- shaped valley too that can be formed by a glacier.

land near the source of a river

that is formed by river sediment

​delta

​peninsula

​a peninsula is a piece of land that

just out into a body of water.

​island

​an island is a piece o land surrounded by water.

​gulf

​a body of water that is almost completely surrounded by land

Open Ended

what is a mountain

Multiple Choice

a u- shape valley is shown in this picture this valley was likely form by _

• a glacier

• a hurricane

• a melting snow

Open Ended

what is the difference between gulf and island

​volcanic

​eruption

​avalanche

​landslide

​earthquake

​ weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth's surface.

​what causes earth to change quickly

​weathering

​the breaking down of rock

​erosion

​the movement of sediment

​deposition

​the deposition of sediment

​what causes the earth to change

slowly

Draw

how does weathering look like

Multiple Choice

waves dropping sand on the beach

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

Multiple Choice

muddy water being carried by a fast moving river

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition