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WorksheetsYr 8 Landforms
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A definition of a Mesa is
A very tall mountain
A mesa is a flat-topped mountain or hill.
A mesa is a valley like landform
A curve in a river
A cirque is
is a large boulder
is a rock platform
is a round hole in a rock
is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion
The largest sand dune in Australia is found in which state?
NSW
Queensland
Victoria
Western Australia
An oxbow lake, an isolated pond left behind after a river changes course is also called;
lake
oasis
billabong
estuary
An opening in the ground connected to a cave or other opening that is exposed to strong waves, creating water pressure to produce fountains of water escaping upward through the hole.
blowhole
blow-wave
blown down
blow land
What is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts?
Sandwich
sand spit
sandy peak
sand dune
Which picture is a sink hole?
Which way does a stalagmite grow?
from the ground upwards
from the ceiling downwards
Which way does a stalactite grow?
from the ceiling downwards
from the ground upwards
What is the main mineral in a stalactite or stalagmite?
calcite or calcium carbonate
androsite
revonite
calcium oxide
Uluru is composed of what type of rock?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
lava
A levee is a
natural embankments which are formed when a river freezes
natural embankments which are formed when a river dries up
natural embankments which are formed when a river changes course
natural embankments which are formed when a river floods
