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CHANGING LANDFORMS ASSESSMENT - 2nd Grade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a mesa?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What is a map key?

a)

It gives directions to a place.

b)

It tells where the different landforms are on a map.

c)

It shows the distance one place is from another place.

3.

How did the recreation center's cliff change its shape?

a)

snow fell on it..

b)

power drilling broke off pieces of it.

c)

the wind blew hard against it.

d)

water broke off pieces of the rocks over time.

4.

Tree roots hold the rocks and dirt in place to prevent erosion.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How can water change a landform?

a)

It makes the landform smooth.

b)

Water provides a home for plants.

c)

Water hits against the landform causing small pieces to break off.

6.

Water can erode landforms quickly or slowly.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Water is more powerful than mountains, valleys and caves.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How did the cliff erode go unnoticed by the director?

a)

Erosion of the cliff happened over time , the director did not see the big change

b)

The director was busy working to notice the change

c)

There was a flood.

d)

There was a shipwreck.

9.

Which image represents a canyon?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Which one of these images is a peninsula?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Erosion is when rocks, soil or sand is worn down and move from one place to another.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An island is a piece of land completely surrounded by water.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The carrying away of rocks and earth by natural forces such as water is called

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

14.

A natural process that slowly breaks down rocks is

a)

deposition

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

volcano

15.

A landform is a feature of Earth's surface such as a mountain, a cliff or a valley.

a)

True

b)

False