Earth's Landforms

Sandy BEACH dunes form when...

• Humans deposit sand in an areas near the ocean.

• Seashells from the ocean collect along the shoreline and create a mound.

• Rain washes rock and dirt towards the coastline.

• Ocean waves and wind deposit sand on the coastline and they form a mound.

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Which of the following is a TRUE statement about rivers?

• Rivers are formed when gravity causes water from a spring or lake to travel from a higher elevation to a lower elevation

• A river will not cause erosion of the land it runs through.

• Rivers only flow from north to south.

• Rivers are still and do not have a flow or current.

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Sinkholes form...

• when people dig a big hole

• very slowly

• when animals dig the soil causing dirt to sink into the hole

• when groundwater (too much or lack of) remove rock underground causing the top dirt to sink or cave in.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An area of land that meets the ocean.

• coastline

• sand dune

• delta

• cavern

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An area at the end of a river where the river deposits soil and sediment into the ocean. It creates a fan shape.

• delta

• desert

• dune

• forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A hill of sand shaped by wind.

• dune
• forest
• glacier
• gulf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large mass of slow moving ice made by compacted snow and ice.

• iceberg

• glacier

• hill

• island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of rugged land with high elevation and peaks. They generally rise higher than 1,000 feet. Bigger than a hill.

• mountain

• oasis

• ocean

• peninsula

Large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.

• Sea

• River

• Lake

• Pond

• glacier

• mountain

• gulf

• fjord

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2