Landforms

What are the ways landforms can form?

• erosion

• catastrophic events (volcanoes, earthquakes)

• glaciers

• island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• Valley

• Delta

• Plains

• Canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Low land between hills or mountains

• Valley

• Plains

• Mountain Range

• Delta

• mountain
• ocean
• valley
• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment.

• Delta

• Mountain Range

• Canyon

• Plains

• Canyon

• Volcano

• Plains

• Mountain Range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select 3 ways sediment can be moved to a new location: (Select ALL that apply)

• Snow

• Ice

• Water

• Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Wide, flat areas of land

• Plains

• Mountain Range

• Delta

• Valley

What land form is this?

• plain
• valley
• mountain
• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A fan-shaped landform created as rivers leave behind sediment as they meet the ocean

• Delta

• Valley

• Canyon

• Plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4