Landforms

Define delta.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean

• a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded by water on three sides

• a flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

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Find the correct definition of the underlined word, glacier.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large, thick body of slow moving ice

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

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What is a plateau?

• an area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses

• an area of land drained by a given river and its branches

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

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Choose the correct definition of river.

• a sizable inland body of water

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land

• part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

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Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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