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Worksheets5.7B Landforms
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 7mins
A river delta is an area where sediments are deposited. The sediments in the river delta shown below most likely come from the -
mountain range
desert
ocean floor
coastline
Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier?
A wide valley
A deep ocean
A lava flow
A mountain range
The Rio Grande Valley is located at the southern tip of Texas at the end of a long river known as the Rio Grande. How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?
Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamis.
The river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley
The river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosion.
Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.
A student hiking in a rocky area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the cracks are so large that the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused these rocks to crack and break?
Erosion by wind
Water freezing and thawing
Erosion by fast moving water
Sediments being deposited
The photograph shows a canyon in northern Arizona. Which of these best describes how this canyon was most likely formed?
Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls
Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.
Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls
Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.
A wide U-shaped valley is shown in photograph. This valley is most likely formed by -
Flash flooding
a glacier
a hurricane
melting snow
Students constructed this model of a hill by covering sugar cubes with clay. The students placed the model in a large pan and poured hot water over it every day for a week. What does the model best represent?
A method for reviewing fossil fuels from hills
The formation of caves in hills
The formation of plains
A method for separating minerals
