Name That Landform
A small bump on the land, smaller than a mountain.
Hill
What wears away rocks by blowing sand?
wind erosion
Glaciers are made of frozen ______
ice
What breaks down rocks into tiny pieces?
weathering
What landform is formed when lots of snow piles up over many years.
Glacier
A tall landform that touches the sky.
Mountain
What causes a mud slide?
Water erosion
True or False: Glaciers move quickly.
What moves broken rocks to new places?
erosion
What is formmed when two continental plates collide.
mountains
A flat area of land that is high up.
Plateau
What moves very slowly and can push rocks?
Ice
Glaciers form when lots of ______ piles up
snow
True or False: Erosion happens overnight.
false
What are like are like small mountains and can form when wind, rain, and ice slowly wear down mountains.
hills
A low area between hills or mountains.
Valley
What shapes cliffs by crashing against them?
water (waves)
What shape of valley do glaciers leave behind?
U-shapped valley
What is deposition?
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
What landform is made by rivers that cut through the land over a long time or by glaciers that move slowly.
valleys or u-shapped valleys
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
Canyon
What forms sand dunes in the desert?
wind
Glaciers help form valleys by doing what?
pushing rocks and carving land
How does ice cause rocks to break?
Water freezes in cracks, expands, and breaks the rock apart.
What landform is formed when magma deep inside the Earth pushes toward the surface but fails to break through the crust.
plateau