Ch 9: Earth's Landforms BreakOut

A _______________ is a natural land shape or feature.

• M. mountain

• N. topography

• T. landform

• S. hill

______________________ is all the kinds of landforms in a certain area.

• O. geography

• H. topography

• C. geology

• W. biology

A ____________________ is a landform that is much higher than the surrounding land

• X. hill

• P. plains

• R. sand dune

• E. mountain

_____________ = a landform commonly referred to as a "table"

• O. hill

• A. mountain

• Y. mesa

• I. canyon

a glacier is a large sheet of ________

• R. rain

• Y. wind

• L. ice

• Z. fire

Which of these is not a main cause of erosion/deposition?

• D. rain

• N. water

• R. wind

• O. fire

The mouth of the river is...

• Y. at the beginning of the river

• V. where a river empties into a lake

• G. where a river empties into an ocean

• H. a channel that connects to bodies of water

What is the land called that forms at the mouth of a river due to deposition?

• I. delta

• K. alpha

• L. mouth

• S. deposits

Which best describes how paper beats rock?

• G. it covers it up

• N. roots from trees growing into a rock to break it

• F. a tree toppling over and crushing a rock into many tiny pieces

• D. it doesn't the game of rock, paper, scissors does not make sense

Why does ice cause erosion?

• it just gets super cold

• it doesn't cause erosion

• as water freezes it expands in cracks of rocks to break them

• as ice reaches -22 degrees it is able to deconstruct rock in order to break it apart