WorksheetsLANDFORMS & RAPID CHANGES
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What land form is land completely surrounded by water?
a)
plain
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
island
2.
A place on the earths surface that is much higher than the land around it?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
canyon
d)
mountain
3.
Volcanoes, landslides, and earthquakes are examples of __________ changes to Earth's surface.
a)
sudden
b)
slow
c)
gradual
d)
slight
4.
What land form is a flat region of lowlands?
a)
mountain
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
valley
5.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
mountain
6.
Name this landform
a)
volcano
b)
hill
c)
river
d)
island
7.
A ___ is helpful because the molten rock contains nutrients and minerals that benefit when plants begin to grow again.
a)
tornado
b)
landslide
c)
earthquake
d)
volcano
8.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
9.
Sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope is called a...
a)
avalanche
b)
landslide
c)
earthquake
d)
creep
10.
The molten rock BENEATH Earth's surface is called...
a)
volcano
b)
crust
c)
magma
d)
epicenter
11.
What is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.
a)
mountain
b)
valley
c)
island
d)
canyon
12.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
plain
13.
A very large ocean wave that is caused by an underwater earthquake is a/an...
a)
flood
b)
tsunami
c)
rockslide
d)
weathering
14.
What land form is this?
a)
island
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
mountain
15.
What land form is this?
a)
island
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
mountain
16.
What land form is land completely surrounded by water?
a)
plain
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
island
17.
Name this landform
a)
lake
b)
river
c)
hill
d)
plain
18.
What is a Tornado?
a)
A thunderstorm cloud that drops ice balls.
b)
When two tectonic plates hit and the earth starts to shake.
c)
When lava starts to erupt from a cone.
d)
A fierce rotating column of air extending to the ground.
19.
Which of these words describes shaking of the ground caused by a sudden shift in Earth's crust?
a)
Landslide
b)
Volcano
c)
Earthquake
20.
I am a storm with violent winds over the Ocean. What am I?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Hurricane
c)
Tornado
d)
Island
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