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Landforms
100
A landform formed by a crack in Earth's crust. Melted rock flows out and builds a mountain.
What is a volcano?
100
This causes sand dunes.
What is wind?
100
New land at the end of a mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
100
This creates canyons.
What is water erosion?
100
Formed when a glacier scrapes and scratches the rock beneath it.
What are glacier grooves?
200
A large, thick sheet of ice.
What is a glacier?
200
Wind and water erosion both carry this substance.
What is sediment?
200
A glacier.
What is a large, thick sheet of ice?
200
This creates a delta.
What is deposition?
200
A sand hill.
What is a sand dune?
300
A deep valley with steep sides.
What is a canyon?
300
A large hole in the ground.
What is a sinkhole?
300
A deep valley with steep sides created by water erosion.
What is a canyon?
300
A part of a mountain or hill that breaks and slides down.
What is a landslide?
300
A long, narrow pile of sand that helps protect the mainland.
What is a sand spit or barrier island?
400
A long, low hill that is formed by a glacier.
What is a moraine?
400
This uses a river to carry sediment in its slow moving water and dumps it in a flood plain.
What is deposition?
400
Mount St. Helens, Mt. Kilawea and Mt. Vesuvius are examples of this landform.
What is a volcano?
400
Water or wind that carries sediment and wears away at landforms.
What is erosion?
400
Florida is an example of what kind of landform.
What is a sand spit?
500
A tall, flat-topped rock feature that forms as running water erodes the surrounding rock.
What is a mesa?
500
Creates canyons, erodes rocks, carries rocks, creates river.
What is moving water?
500
Valpairs and Morine, Montana, are examples of this landform.
What is a moraine?
500
Something living but not an animal that may break up rock and cause erosion.
What are plants?
500
Monument Valley, Arizona, is an example of what kind of landform.
What is a mesa?