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Landforms

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are sand dunes created?

a)

strong winds

b)

tornadoes

c)

hurricanes

d)

earthquakes

2.

Texas was once..

a)

a glacier

b)

a desert

c)

under water

3.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

a)

WEDCC

b)

WED

c)

WEDDCC

4.

Which process squeezes and compacts layers, forming a rock?

a)

deposition

b)

erosion

c)

compaction

d)

cementation

5.

The movement or transport of sediments

a)

weathering

b)

compaction

c)

erosion

d)

evolution

6.

Acts like glue

a)

minerals

b)

organic matter

c)

sand

d)

wind

7.

What is organic matter?

a)

dead plants

b)

dead animals

c)

decayed plants & animals

d)

all of the above

8.

What are sediments

a)

organic matter

b)

pieces of rock

c)

sedimentary rocks

9.

Factors that influence weathering

a)

time

b)

temperature

c)

type of rock

d)

all of the above

10.

What is created by moving water?

a)

sand dunes

b)

oil

c)

canyons

11.

Fossil fuels are formed under what?

a)

sedimentary layers

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

the sky

12.

Where is the oldest layer?

a)

top

b)

bottom

13.

What is needed to create fossil fuels?

a)

freezing & thawing

b)

pressure & longitude

c)

heat & purpose

d)

heat & pressure

14.

Fossil fuels form from

a)

ancient organisms

b)

ancient aliens

c)

ancient rocks

15.

When wind carries and drops off sand.. what is being created?

a)

sand

b)

sand dunes

c)

canyons

d)

fossil fuels

16.

What process formed canyons & sand dunes?

a)

WEDCC

b)

WEB

c)

WED

17.

How does the water change the sugar cube?

a)

water breaks down/weathers the sugar cube.

b)

water moves the sugar cube

c)

water changes it state of matter

18.

How are deltas formed?

a)

by erosion of glaciers

b)

by river carrying sediments

c)

rocks weathering

19.

How are deltas formed?

a)

when grass meets water

b)

when land meets water

c)

when the river meets the sea

20.

You need water to form a delta.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Which process creates deltas?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

cementation

d)

deposition

22.

Valley most likely formed by

a)

earthquakes

b)

volcanic activity

c)

flood of water

d)

movement of glacier

23.

Which landform is a result of changes to Earth's surface by ice

a)

delta

b)

canyon

c)

sand dune

d)

U-shaped valley

24.

U-shaped valley formed by

a)

wind

b)

water

c)

glacier

25.

Main process is erosion

a)

valleys

b)

canyon

c)

all of the above

d)

none of the above

26.

Created by water

a)

canyon & delta

b)

canyon & sand dune

c)

delta & u-shaped valley

d)

delta & sand dune

27.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D