How Landforms Are Made

A canyon with tall, vertical sides is shown. Which of the following most likely led to the formation of this canyon?

• Rapidly moving water

• A hurricane

• Burrowing animals

• Volcanic activity

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Wind, water, and ice change Earth’s surface. Which landform was most likely formed by the slow movement of glaciers?

• Arch

• River delta

• V-shaped valley

• U-shaped valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What agent of change is most likely responsible for the formation of the land features labeled in the image?

• Water

• Wind

• Glaciers

• Mud

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A teacher built the model shown to explain how one type of landform is created. What landform does the model most likely represent?

• Landslide

• Sand dune

• U-shaped valley

• Canyon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The student created a model for his Science Class. Which model best represents the formation of a delta?

• A student carefully placed pieces of gravel in a hill.

• A student set up a tray of sand and blew through a straw to form a hill of sand.

• A student poured water into a stream table filled with dirt and observed sediments get deposited at the end of the table in a triangular shape.

• A student packed damp sand in a tray then scraped a large ice cube along the bottom.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A teacher set up the model shown to represent the formation of a landform. What landform does this model most likely represent?

• Delta

• Cave

• Canyon

• Sand dune

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When water enters the cracks in a large rock and freezes, the water expands. Over time, water freezing and thawing –

• erodes the large rock through a river

• weathers the rock into sediments

• deposits lava in a new place

• changes the rock into a glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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The images show a river delta and sand dunes. Which statement best explains how the formation of deltas and sand dunes is similar?

• Both are formed by the movement of glaciers.

• Both are formed by water eroding sediments.

• Both are formed by wind weathering rocks.

• Both are formed be deposition of sediments.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This valley was most likely formed by –

• a slow-moving glacier

• a thunderstorm

• heavy winds

• moving water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A wide, round-bottom valley is shown below. This valley was most likely formed by –

• Tornadoes

• Glacial movement

• Flash flooding

• Deposition by the wind

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