What are two examples of landforms that can be found on Earth?
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Mountains
Valleys
Canyons
Hills
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The Grand Canyon is an example of a ____________?
A. - Landform
B. - Delta
C. - Mountain
A. - Landform
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What happens to the water in a canyon when the slope of the land is increased?
The water flows faster.
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What is the top of a mountain called?
Peak or Summit
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What are the names of the lines that show different elevations on a topographic map?
A. - Convex Lines
B. - Contact Lines
C. - Contour Lines
C. - Contour Lines
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What is the name of a v-shaped valley that is formed after water flows through a plateau?
A. - Canyon
B. - Delta
C. - Channel
A. - Canyon
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What is the name of the river that flows through the Grand Canyon?
The Colorado River
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When the Colorado River flows through the Colorado Plateau, it breaks rocks and other materials off of the plateau, creating a canyon. What is this process called?
A. - Erosion
B. - Deposition
C. - Evacuation
A. - Erosion
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What is the bottom of a mountain called?
The base
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What letter on the map represents the highest point on the mountain?
C
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True or False.
A river is an example of a landform.
False
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What kinds of storms happen frequently in the Grand Canyon that causes the canyon to erode faster?
Flash floods
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What is the process called when sand, clay, and other materials are washed away by water and then put in
another place in the river?
A. - Relocation
B. - Deposition
C. - Collection
B. - Deposition
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What is the term people use to describe how high you are when you are climbing up a mountain?
A. - Height
B. - Distance
C. - Elevation
C. - Elevation
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What letter represents the lowest point on the mountain?
Z
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What is the name of a large, flat area of land that is higher than the rest of the land around it?
A. - Mountain
B. - Hill
C. - Plateau
Plateau
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The Grand Canyon was not always a canyon. What landform did it start out as?
A plateau
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Rocks, sand, and clay are some of the materials that are eroded away when a river flows through a canyon. What are these materials called?
A. - deposits
B. - debris
C. - sediments
C. - Sediments
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What is the image called when someone takes a picture of a mountain when they are standing right in front of it?
A. - Reflection
B. - Shadow
C. - Profile
C. - Profile
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What is the elevation of contour line F?
36,000 feet
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When materials are deposited at the end of the stream, they make a fan-shape on the bottom of the river. What is this shape called?
Delta
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The Grand Canyon is very large, but it is mostly located in one state. Which state is it located in?
Arizona
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What is the name of the path that water takes when it flows back and forth down a river?
Channel
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(Fill in the blank)
When the ______ of a canyon becomes steeper, water flows down faster and erodes the canyon faster.