Landform Review

What is a landform?

• Any kind of building

• Any natural shape or feature found on the surface of the earth

• Any kind of rock that is over a million years old

• Anything shaped by water

How are most landforms created?

• Most landforms are created quickly by earthquakes or volcanoes.

• Most landforms are created over time by earthquakes and volcanoes.

• Most landforms are created quickly by weathering, erosion, or deposition.

• Most landforms are created over time by weathering, erosion, or deposition.

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Rosie read a newspaper article about a sinkhole that formed in her neighborhood.

What most likely caused the sinkhole to form?

• wind blew away the soil

• Animals dug into the soil

• Water eroded underground rock

• Heavy objects crushed the ground

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What are the four type of weathering?

When a rock falls from a cliff face, the cause of erosion is usually:

• wind

• water

• gravity

• ice

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The figure shows a river flowing from the mountains to the sea.

Which earth process forms the delta?

• Erosion of land by river

• piling up of sediment by the wind

• deposition of sediment by the river

• weathering of rocks by the wind

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Flowing water containing sand and other materials continuously grind rocks. This results in the formation of cracks in rocks that widen to form caves.

Which natural process does this describe?

• Deposition

• Floods

• Landslides

• weathering

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What force of nature can form valleys, canyons, and caverns?

• air

• fire

• water

• wind

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What is a major difference between erosion and weathering?

• erosion is chemical, and weathering is mechanical.

• erosion is mechanical, and weathering is chemical

• erosion is the movement of sediment, and weathering is the creation of sediment

• erosion is the creation of sediment, and weathering is the movement of sediment

A student made a list of landforms formed by constructive forces.

Which landform can the student add to his list?

• ocean trenches

• sand dunes

• U-shaped valleys

• V-Shaped valleys