5th Grade Earth Processes

This is a low place in between two hills or mountains.

• Canyon
• Valley
• Desert
• Lake

A landmass with an elevation higher than a hill.

• Ocean
• Gulf
• Mountain
• Valley

A deep valley with steep walls that cut into the earth caused by erosion from running water.

• Valley
• Canyon
• Gulf
• River

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

A landslide occurs when rock loosens and is pulled down by gravity. Yet, the rock piles up and creates new landforms such as hills. This is an example of…

• Destructive Force
• Constructive Force
• Landslide Building
• Constructive and Destructive Forces

Which landform is created by deposition?

• sand dune
• canyon
• mountain
• volcano

Wind blowing sand from one location to another is an example of…

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• wind blowing

The sudden release of stress from within the Earth’s crust is called a(n) __________________________.

• epicenter
• jetties
• sinkhole
• earthquake

People sometimes put up _________________to prevent erosion of one side of the beach.

• epicenter
• jetties
• sinkhole
• earthquake

_______________________ are scientists that study earthquakes.

• topography
• landforms
• San Andreas Fault
• seismologists

Which is an example of a constructive process?

• weathering
• landform
• erosion
• deposition