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WorksheetsScience Boot Camp - WED Creating Landforms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?
Warm air melted the rock.
Sun rays evaporated the rock.
Ocean waves washed away rock.
Plant roots pushed away the rock.
What formation results when a river deposits sediment and it slows down as it enters a large body of water?
dune
canyon
delta
bay
What is a mound of sand that was formed and moves by action of wind?
beach
coastline
delta
dune
As a river moves across land, it transports and deposits sediment. Which of the following are mainly responsible for the transport of sediment in rivers?
ice and wind
ice and gravity
water and wind
water and gravity
Freeport, Texas, is built on a growing delta at the mouth of the Brazos River. The land on which Freeport is built continues to grow because the Brazos River –
deposits new material on the delta
removes sediments from the delta
moves farther away from the delta
receives fresh water from the delta
This landform was formed by
ice erosion (from a glacier)
water erosion
wind erosion
weathering
The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?
coastal erosion
a delta
a plateau
sand dunes
Many processes help to shape Earth’s surface. Starting with a rock, in what order would you expect the following Earth processes to occur?
deposition, eruption, weathering
erosion, weathering, deposition
eruption, erosion, weathering
weathering, erosion, deposition
Earth’s surface has many different landforms. Look at the illustration.
Which number indicates a dune?
1
2
3
4
The erosion in this picture is from __.
wind
water
glaciers
chemicals
The reason there is an arch in this rock is because __.
the water wore away soft rock first
a glacier rubbed against that part
there were tree roots growing there that broke the rock away
the water can't reach the rest of the rocks
