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WorksheetsScience Boot Camp - Landforms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these landforms is created by water deposition?
a)
Canyon
b)
Sand Dune
c)
Beach
d)
Sea Cliff
2.
How does a sharp and pointed mountain become a smooth and rounded hill?
a)
Weathering
b)
Deposition
c)
Earthquake
d)
Glaciers
3.
Which of these is formed by a glacier moving slowly across land?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Hill
c)
U-Shaped Valley
d)
Delta
4.
How is a canyon formed?
a)
Wind blows sediments away.
b)
A river moves sediments away.
c)
A river drops all the sediments there.
d)
Ice scrapes all the sides away.
5.
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
6.
How does a valley form?
a)
by a river flowing in between mountains
b)
it just appears
c)
by mountains separating
d)
by volcanoes erupting
7.
Students propped up one end of a tray of sand. They also set up a jar of water and a rubber hose so that water flowed over the sand. They observed how the moving water carried the sand downhill and made a small pile of sand at the bottom of the tray. When the students created the small pile of sand at the end of the flow of water, they modeled the formation of which of the following?
a)
A. Dunes
b)
B. Canyon
c)
C. Plain
d)
D. Delta
8.
Students used a fan to blow piles of sand. This best models which of the following natural processes that create changes to the land?
a)
A. Weathering of rocks to make soil
b)
B. Deposition of sediments to form deltas
c)
C. Formation and movement of dunes
d)
D. Carving out plains to create canyons
9.
A river flowing across the rocky surface of the Earth could create which of the following?
a)
A. Dunes
b)
B. Mountains
c)
C. Canyon
d)
D. Hill
10.
Which of the following changes to the Earth's surface is mostly created by moving wind?
a)
A. Deep cracks forming
b)
B. Rocks getting rounded
c)
C. Large dunes moving
d)
D. Tall mountains rising
11.
This rock formation formed over many millions of years. What force most likely created it?
a)
A. A glacier pushing rocks ahead of it
b)
B. A river bringing rocks down a mountain
c)
C. Wind-blown sand carving large rocks
d)
D. A volcano blasting rocks great distances
12.
Rocks that are carried in a quickly moving river for a long time are most likely to be -
a)
A. long and thin
b)
B. large and flat
c)
C. smooth and rounded
d)
D. black and shiny
13.
Over many years the bottom of a lake gets higher and higher. What could cause this slow change?
a)
A. The climate in the area gets warmer.
b)
B. Sediments are deposited in the lake.
c)
C. The Sun evaporates the water.
d)
D. The Sun evaporates the water.
14.
How could students best model the formation and movement of dunes?
a)
A. Pour water over piles of sand.
b)
B. Slowly drip wet sand into a tub of water.
c)
C. Use a spoon to dig a hole in a tray of sand.
d)
D. Use straws and blow piles of sand.
15.
Canyons and deltas are similar in that both form -
a)
A. due to the action of moving water
b)
B. high in the tallest mountains
c)
C. where lots of sediments collect
d)
D. in and around active volcanoes
16.
How can a glacier change a mountain? A glacier can -
a)
A. generate a volcanic eruption
b)
B. cause a powerful earthquake
c)
C. make a mountain grow taller
d)
D. change the shape of a valley
17.
Which forces create landforms such as deltas, dunes, and canyons?
a)
A. Volcanic eruptions
b)
B. Earthquakes and landslides
c)
C. Planetary movements
d)
D. Moving wind and water
18.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
19.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
20.
Students wanted to model the way erosion by water can create certain land forms. They let water pour, in a thin line, over a salt brick for half an hour. The way in which the brick changed is shown above. Which of the following best describes the real world landform they modeled?
a)
Stream deposits creating a delta
b)
A river carving out a canyon
c)
Folding of rock layers building a mountain
d)
Glacial melt water filling a lake
21.
What type of change occurred in this picture?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
22.
What process forms valleys and canyons?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
23.
What will this canyon look like in 1 million years?
a)
it will be shallower
b)
it will be deeper
24.
What forms a canyon?
a)
weathering from river
b)
erosion from river
c)
deposition from wind
d)
erosion from glacier
25.
Stalactites are formed from minerals being dropped in one place over many years. What processes formed stalactites?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
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