WorksheetsLandforms
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
3.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
4.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
5.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
7.
A piece of land surrounded by water.
a)
Island
b)
Peninsula
c)
Gulf
8.
What is weathering?
a)
A type of climate
b)
A transport of sediment
c)
The breakdown of rock
d)
The aging of rock
9.
How does a delta form?
a)
a river slowing down
b)
it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake
c)
the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away
d)
the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit
10.
What continues to shape canyons?
a)
fast moving water
b)
slow moving water
c)
rocks weathering
d)
rocks eroding
11.
What does weathering mean?
a)
to move
b)
to settle in a new spot
c)
to break apart
d)
to sit still
12.
What does erosion mean?
a)
to break apart
b)
to settle in new spot
c)
to move
d)
to sit still
13.
What does deposition mean?
a)
to settle in a new spot
b)
to break apart
c)
to sit still
d)
to move
14.
What landform is this?
a)
valley
b)
delta
c)
river
d)
canyon
15.
Which of these landforms was made by deposition?
a)
River mouth
b)
Delta
c)
Meander
d)
Canyon
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