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Landforms & National Parks

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ______________ is a natural shape or physical feature on Earth's surface.

a)

Mountain

b)

Landform

c)

Volcano

d)

Hill

2.

Weathering and _________________, the processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away, has caused the landform in the picture.

a)

Wind

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Erosion

3.

What is this landform?

a)

Plains

b)

Canyon

c)

Mesa

d)

Delta

4.

What is this landform?

a)

Plains

b)

Canyon

c)

Plateau

d)

Delta

5.

What is the name of the first US National Park (pictured here)?

a)

Mount Rainier National Park

b)

Joshua Tree National Park

c)

Rocky Mountain National Park

d)

Yellowstone National Park

6.

True or False? National Parks are public land, meaning they belong to all of us.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following can you find at National Parks?

a)

Wildlife

b)

Rock and mineral formations

c)

Landforms

d)

All of these

8.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of National Parks?

a)

They make a lot of money for the owners.

b)

They protect endangered animals.

c)

They protect natural resources.

d)

They protect the Earth's natural beauty.

9.

Volcanoes can be _________________.

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

All of these choices.

10.

What is this landform?

a)

Plateau

b)

Peninsula

c)

Plains

d)

Planes

11.

How can plateaus be formed?

a)

Erosion (water or wind)

b)

Lava flows

c)

Over millions of years

d)

All of these choices.

12.

___________________ islands are created by active volcanoes under the ocean.

a)

Continental

b)

Oceanic

c)

Peak

d)

Newfangled

13.

What is this landform?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Delta

d)

River

14.

Which president established the first National Parks in the United States?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

15.

True or False? All Americans agree that National Parks should be protected from damage and use by humans.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which system (or sphere) of the Earth is made of rocks, minerals, and landforms?

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

17.

Running water over a rock is an example of _____________________.

a)

Mechanical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

A river

18.

________________________ involves changes that some substances, like oxygen or acids, can cause in the surface of a rock.

a)

Mechanical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Rock formations

19.

The landform shown in the picture is land with water surrounding it on three sides. It is the opposite of a bay.

a)

Ocean

b)

River

c)

Peninsula

d)

Island

20.

The study of weather, natural resources, and landforms is part of the field of ____________ science.

a)

Physical Science

b)

Life Science

c)

Earth Science

d)

Biology