Changes to Land

Where can you find rocks that have become smooth and rounded?

• In a fast-moving river

• Deep under Earth

• On top of a hill

What force most likely created this landform?

• A glacier pushing rocks

• A river bringing rocks down a mountain

• Wind-blown sand carving rocks

• A volcano eruption

What is sediment?

• Small pieces of broken off rocks

• Large rocks and soil

• Large plants

• Nutrients in soil

Which process breaks up rocks by rain?

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Sediment

This was formed by which action?

• Erosion by waves hitting the rocks

• Volcano eruptions

• Earthquakes and tsunamis

• Large fish

What is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.

• glacier

• valley

• island

• canyon

What land form has a deep valley with very steep sides?

• canyon

• mountain

• valley

• plain

What land form is land completely surrounded by water?

• plain

• canyon

• mountain

• island

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and breaking it down

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

The movement of rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition