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WorksheetsTCMS 2019 Milestones Review Landforms
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is a hill of sand that is shaped by the wind?
topography
mountain
sand dune
sand hill
What is the term for the surface landforms of an area?
landform
topography
mountain
river
What is a natural land shape or feature?
topography
plains
mountain
landform
What landform is usually in ranges and is higher than surrounding land?
plain
relief
mountain
sand dune
What landform has rounded slopes?
hills
plains
mountains
volcanoes
What is a large, flat landform?
hill
mountain
sand dune
plain
Long, narrow piles of sand that help protect the mainland from wave erosion are sand _______________ and ______________ islands.
dunes and barrier
jettys and groins
beaches and volcanic
castles and candy
What is this an image of?
valley
ocean
butte
mesa
This landform is made by a destructive process. What is it?
mesa
canyon
butte
mountain
What is a break in the Earth's crust called?
valley
trench
ridge
fault
What is the process of wearing away rocks?
weathering
erosion
deposition
subduction
What is a large hole formed when a cave collapses?
delta
deposit
landslide
sinkhole
What is the process of moving sediment by wind, water, or ice?
deposition
weathering
physical weathering
erosion
What is an area of new land at the mouth of a river?
delta
desert
beach
sinkhole
What occurs when sediment falls out of water or is set down by wind?
landslide
mountain
weathering
deposition
Where does a river usually deposit sediments?
on the outside bend
in the fastest moving parts of water
at the beginning of the river
at its mouth
When soil, mud, and rocks move quickly down a slope, it is called
weathering
deposition
landslide
delta
What is a mountain that forms as molten rock flows through a crack in Earth's surface?
trench
ridge
fold
volcano
What is the section of Earth's crust and mantle that fits together with other sections?
lava
plate
volcano
trench
What is molten rock that flows from a volcano?
magma
lava
epicenter
mantle
What is melted rock that is beneath Earth's surface?
lava
magma
fault
epicenter
What is a shaking of Earth's surface caused by a movement of rock in the crust?
earthquake
fault
epicenter
focus
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of and earthquake?
fault
magma
focus
epicenter
Where is the place within the crust where energy is released during an earthquake?
fault
epicenter
plate
focus
Which of the following plate movements would least likely cause an earthquake?
plates pushing together
plates sliding past each other
plates pulling apart
plates moving in the same direction
What kind of scale do we use to report the strength of an earthquake?
magnitude
composite
balance
Richter
An especially hot column of magma where volcanoes form is called
hot spot
vent
magma column
molten lava
