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Landform Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a landform?

a)

Any kind of building

b)

Any natural shape or feature found on the surface of the earth

c)

Any kind of rock that is over a million years old

d)

Anything shaped by water

2.

How are most landforms created?

a)

Most landforms are created quickly by earthquakes or volcanoes.

b)

Most landforms are created over time by earthquakes and volcanoes.

c)

Most landforms are created quickly by weathering, erosion, or deposition.

d)

Most landforms are created over time by weathering, erosion, or deposition.

3.

Rosie read a newspaper article about a sinkhole that formed in her neighborhood.

What most likely caused the sinkhole to form?

a)

wind blew away the soil

b)

Animals dug into the soil

c)

Water eroded underground rock

d)

Heavy objects crushed the ground

4.

What are the four type of weathering?

4 lines
5.

When a rock falls from a cliff face, the cause of erosion is usually:

a)

wind

b)

water

c)

gravity

d)

ice

6.

The figure shows a river flowing from the mountains to the sea.

Which earth process forms the delta?

a)

Erosion of land by river

b)

piling up of sediment by the wind

c)

deposition of sediment by the river

d)

weathering of rocks by the wind

7.

Flowing water containing sand and other materials continuously grind rocks. This results in the formation of cracks in rocks that widen to form caves.

Which natural process does this describe?

a)

Deposition

b)

Floods

c)

Landslides

d)

weathering

8.

What force of nature can form valleys, canyons, and caverns?

a)

air

b)

fire

c)

water

d)

wind

9.

What is a major difference between erosion and weathering?

a)

erosion is chemical, and weathering is mechanical.

b)

erosion is mechanical, and weathering is chemical

c)

erosion is the movement of sediment, and weathering is the creation of sediment

d)

erosion is the creation of sediment, and weathering is the movement of sediment

10.

A student made a list of landforms formed by constructive forces.

Which landform can the student add to his list?

a)

ocean trenches

b)

sand dunes

c)

U-shaped valleys

d)

V-Shaped valleys

11.

A student finds several hard rocks in a garden. Plants are growing from cracks in the rocks.

Which even led to the development of the cracks in the rocks?

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Melting

d)

weathering