Earth's Patterns and Features 4th Grade

What is a Canyon?

• A deep, narrow valley with steep sides

• Broken pieces made of the Earth's crust

• A process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces and moves them

• Extremely deep valleys, just in the ocean

What is a Trench?

• A break in the Earth's crust

• Broken pieces made of the Earth's crust

• A deep, narrow valley with steep sides

• Extremely deep valleys, just in the ocean

What land form is this?

• plain
• valley
• mountain
• canyon

What land form is this?

• valley
• canyon
• plain
• mountain

What land form is this?

• valley
• plain
• volcano
• mountain

What is a line of mountains that usually happen when two of the earth's plates overlap with each other?

• Volcano
• Island
• Mountain Range
• Desert

What is a Butte?

• A mountain

• A hill with a peak and sloping sides

• A hill with steep sides and a flat top

• A type of volcano

What is the ring of fire?

• A mountain range that is underwater

• A popular song by Johnny Cash
• An area of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

• A type of firework

What causes earthquakes?

• When two or more of earth's plates are rubbing together

• When too much rain falls in an area

• When an area is too heated up by the sun

• When the wind is so strong that it shakes the earth

True or False: Mountains and volcanoes can also form underwater.

• True

• False