5th Grade Landforms Vocabulary Quiz

Canyon

• A large flat area of land at the mouth (end) of a river.

• An area of low land between hills or mountains

• A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream or river flowerin through it.

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Delta

• A large flat area of land at the mouth (end) of a river.

• An area of low land between hills or mountains

• A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream or river flowerin through it.

Valley

• A large flat area of land at the mouth (end) of a river.

• An area of low land between hills or mountains

• A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream or river flowerin through it.

Constructive

• Build something up

• To tear something down

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Destructive

• Build something up

• To tear something down

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Erosion

• the movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice.

• The process in which materials eroded by water, wind or ice are dropped in a new place.

• Broken down rock that is transported somewhere

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Sediment

• the movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice.

• The process in which materials eroded by water, wind or ice are dropped in a new place.

• Broken down rock that is transported somewhere

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Depostion

• the movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice.

• The process in which materials eroded by water, wind or ice are dropped in a new place.

• Broken down rock that is transported somewhere

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Glacier

• A natural feature on Earth's surface such as a mountain or valley

• A shaking of Earth's crust caused by rock slabs moving against each other deep below the Earth's crust.

• A large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year

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Earthquake

• A natural feature on Earth's surface such as a mountain or valley

• A shaking of Earth's crust caused by rock slabs moving against each other deep below the Earth's crust.

• A large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year

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