Land formation - Grade 10

any nature features on Earth's surface

• land forms

• mountains

• Delta

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

scientific study of the current terrain features of a region and the graphic representation of a particular land form in the map

• geomorphology

• topography

• biology

• geography

formed by chemical and mechanical action of the wind

• aeolian land forms

• erosional land forms

• glacial land forms

• fluvial land forms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

most common type of dunes and it is formed in the direct opposite of the wind

• Dunes

• Loess

• Barchan

• Sossusvlei, Nambia

it is a naturally occurring rock whose shape as its name implies, resembles a mushroom

• Mushroom Rock

• Mushroom Hill

• Mushroom Mountain

• Mesas

an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and small, relatively flat top

• Mesas

• Butte

• Plateau

• Hill

sometimes called as gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs that is often carved from the landscape by a river, wind or glacier

• Canyon

• Mesas

• Butte

• Loess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

they rise higher than the rest of their surroundings.

• Hills

• Canyon

• Volcano

• Mountain

controlled by geological processes that form them and continually act on them after their formation

• Seafloor

• Volcano

• Hills

• Valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

it is an opening at the top of a volcanic mountain

• Hole

• Vent

• Trench

• All of the above