WorksheetsLand forms Identification Fifth Grade STAAR
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mountains are formed when _________ push together.
a)
hills
b)
tectonic plates
c)
valleys
d)
canyons
2.
the breaking up and moving of weathered rocks from one place to another
a)
erosion
b)
soil
c)
magma
3.
a large mass of slow-moving ice
a)
lava
b)
soil
c)
glacier
4.
Which of the following landforms is the result of a river carving out land by erosion?
a)
A. Canyon
b)
B. Sand dune
c)
C. Delta
d)
D. Mountain
5.
What process created this cool rock?
a)
A volcanic eruption
b)
A flood
c)
Wind
d)
Water
6.
What process created this V-shaped valley?
a)
Erosion due to a river
b)
Erosion due to a glacier
c)
Weathering due to a river
d)
Weathering due to wind
7.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
8.
The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?
a)
coastal erosion
b)
a delta
c)
a loess
d)
sand dunes
9.
wind erosion forms what type of landform?
a)
meander
b)
drumlin
c)
sand dune
d)
sand bar
10.
what process causes sediments to move and "takes" the sediment to a new location
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
11.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material
12.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
13.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
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