Landforms Vocabulary #1

_____________ is the movement of sediments and soil by wind, water (floods), ice (glaciers), and gravity.

• Landslide

• Deposition

• Erosion

___________ is a mass movement of land due to gravity.

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A ____________ is a landform with steep walls (formed by weathering and erosion of soft rock in rivers)

• Valley

• Canyon

• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A ___________ is the deposition of sediment where water leaves the mouth of a river (shaped like a fan.)

• Valley

• Canyon

• Delta

A landform that is V-shaped (formed by the effects of running water) is a __________.

• Valley

• Canyon

• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping, or depositing, of sediments by water, wind, or ice is called ___________.

• Erosion

• Destructive

• Deposition

____________ processes create landforms (deposition, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods)

• Constructive

• Weathering

• Destructive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Vibrations on Earth’s surface caused by sudden movement along a fault, or a break in Earth’s surface is called a(n) ___________.

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A(n) _____________ is when a large amount of water covers land that is usually dry.

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Flood

____________ processes destroy landforms (weathering, erosion, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods)

• Constructive

• Destructive

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2