Science-Landforms and Processes Review

1) A mountain made of lava, ash, or other materials from eruptions.

• volcano

• earthquake

• jetty

• magma

2) A natural land shape or feature

• sand dune

• landform

• fault

• sinkhole

3) Molten rock under Earth's crust

• lava

• magma

• volcano

• inner core

4) A deep valley with steep sides

• mountain

• sand dune

• canyon

• fault

5) The process of moving sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• plate tectonics

6) Which of Earth's layers contains soft areas on which plates float?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

7) Where would you most likely find a delta?

• on a mountaintop

• in a deep valley

• near a river's mouth

• at a volcano base

8) How are canyons (like the one pictured below) most likely formed?

• earthquake

• ice erosion

• water eroison

• wind erosion

9) Deposition is a process that

• dissolves sediment

• breaks down rocks to form sediment

• removes sediment to landforms

• drops sediment to form landforms

10) Which is a cause of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

• weathering

• outer core

• plate movement

• cinder cones