Types of Landforms
Ways landforms change
How was I formed?
Random Trivia
100
A _________ is a low place between mountains or hills.
Valley
100
__________ is when rocks and other natural materials are deposited, or dropped off, in a different location.
Deposition
100
Formed by glaciers that move through it
100
Name one type of landform.
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200
A _________ is a very dry and usually flat area of land with sand.
Desert
200
___________ is the process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces.
Weathering
200
Wind erosion
200
Name one way a landform might change.
Deposition, Weathering, Erosion
300
A ___________ is created from the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river.
Delta
300
__________ happens when soil and rock are removed from one area of the Earth through natural causes such as wind, water, and ice and transported elsewhere.
Erosion
300
water erosion
300
What's the difference between a mountain and volcano?
A volcano has a crater that leads to a pool of lava that's under the Earth's surface.
400
A _________ is a deep valley with very steep sides, often carved from earth by a river.
Canyon
400
How are sand dunes created?
Deposition
400
Deposition of sediment
400
The Nile Delta is the largest delta in the world. What is most likely the reason for this formation of this large delta?
a. The Egyptians made a dam for more water supplies
b. Nile River floods deposited a large amount of sediment
c. Wind deposited sand from the desert into the water
B
500
A ________ is a slow moving river of compact ice and snow
Glacier
500
What happened to this road?
Erosion or Weathering
500
erosion of water
500
What is the source of the mounds of material found in a mountain valley after a large glacier has flowed down it?
a. cold temperatures weathered softer rock
b. the enormous weight compressed the soil
c. rocks dissolved in the ice
d. rocks and sediment carved and carried by the glacier remained behind when the ice melted
D