Landforms
This landform is formed by wind.
What is a sand dune.
This is how deposition occurs.
What is when water, wind or ice/glaciers deposit or drop rock material in a new place.
This is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces at or near Earth's surface.
What is weathering.
You are most likely to encounter levees in these places.
What is along the banks of rivers.
Melted rock underground is called (A)_______. When it reaches the surface the surface it is (B)____________.
A. magma B. lava
Give 4 examples of landforms.
What are mountains, hills, peninsulas, lalins, plateaus, deltas, valleys, canyons, etc.
As a river flows, sand and other sediment in the water settles at the bottom and forms a flat piece of land called a ______________.
What is a delta.
Weathering causes mountains to become like this. A)shorter and more rounded (B) Tall and pointed
What is (A) shorter and more rounded.
Two structures to control flooding.
What are dams and levees.
Some Hawaiian Islands are still becoming larger due to this activity.
What is volcanic eruptions.
Giant masses of ice that form in the polar regions.
What are glaciers.
These are two examples of landforms formed by deposition.
What are dune and delta.
Animals can speed up erosion. A)true B)false
What is true.
Two ways to control coastal erosion.
What are seawalls, groins, jetties, sandbags, etc.
This landform may form as a result of volcanic eruptions. A. cliffs B. levees C. mountains D. floodplains
C. Mountains
Natural depressions between hills or mountains formed from water or ice erosion.
What are valleys.
This is a ridge of sediment deposited when a glacier melts.
What is a moraine.
Repeated freezing and thawing of ice splits rocks apart. A.) ice wedging C.)deposition
What is A.) ice wedging.
Name one process for restoring eroding beaches.
What is beach nourishment.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes both have this in common.
What is they are both constructve and destructive processes.
A deep narrow valley with steep sides, usually formed by water erosion.
What is a canyon.
Tall mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California are formed like this.
The rock along fault lines move and push upward to form mountain ranges.
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved.
What is erosion.
Seismologists use this to measure and record seismic waves.
What is a seismograph.
This causes water to flow downhill.
What is gravity.