Landforms Investigation 2

What landform is the picture?

• river

• mountain

• delta

• hill

How is a river bed formed

• glacier

• a delta

• deposition

• erosion

What is in the picture?

• delta

• riverbed

• ocean

• valley

How is a canyon formed?

• tornado

• heavy rain

• erosion

• deposition

Water moves faster when the slope is steeper?

• True

• False

• I don't know

A river pours into the ocean. Earth materials are deposited over a wide area. Which landform is likely to form?

• mountain

• valley

• alluvial fan

• delta

What is weathering?

• Water carries pieces of rock away from the canyon

• Rock is broken into pieces.

• Pieces of rock are blown away by wind.

• Earth materials are deposited at the end of the riverbed.

What is erosion? pick 2

• Water carries pieces of rock away from the canyon.

• Rock is broken in to smaller pieces.

• Pieces of rock are blown away by the wind.

• Rocks sit on top of each other to make a big hill.

Earth materials settle out faster when the slope is steep.

• True

• False

Which ones are rapid changes that could happen to landforms.

• volcanic eruptions

• tree roots

• landslides

• chemical weathering

• earthquakes