Science Chapter 7- Landforms

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Which of the following does not cause weathering? 

a)plant roots

b)soil

c)water

d)wind

b) soil

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What is a very slow type of erosion that moves rocks and soil?

a)creep

b)landslide

c)fault

d)volcano

a)creep

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What causes a flood? 

a)drought

b)landslides

c) gas and ash that erupt from a volcano

d) heavy rainfall that makes rivers flow

d) heavy rainfall that makes rivers flow

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Where can you find beaches?

a)canyon

b)coastal plains

c)Great Plains

d)mountains

b)coastal plains

500

What is a butte?

a) a deep canyon

b) a table made of rock

c) a flat topped hill with steep sides

d) a rocky mountain

c) a flat topped hill with steep sides

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Which causes sand dunes?

a) earthquakes

b) rain

c)landslides

d) wind

d) wind

200

Which of these causes a quick change to the land?

a) erosion

b) weathering

c) volcano

d) wind

c) volcano

300

How are a plateau and a footstool alike?

they are both flat on top and are high above the surface

400

How could the location of a river change over time?

the water could carry rock and soil and drops it another place, this changes the course/location of the river

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Which area could a landslide happen in? 

a) desert

b) mountains

c) lake

b) mountains

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an opening on earth's surface from which lava flows

volcano

200

a flat area higher than the land around it

plateau

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a large amount of water that covers normally dry land

flood

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the movement of weathered rock and soil

erosion

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the way rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

weathering

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the shaking of earths surface

earthquake

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a valley with steep sides

canyon

300

a huge block of ice

glacier

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Which of these is a low area?

a) mesa

b) mountain

c) plateau

d) valley

d) valley

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Which of these words describes a plain? 

a) deep

b) flat

c) hilly

d) steep

b) flat

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Which of these is an effect of weathering?

a) mountain building

b) water freezing

c) volcano erupting

d) rock splitting

d) rock splitting

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Which of these causes the land to change slowly?

a) flood

b) earthquake

c) glacier

d) volcano

c) glacier

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Where do most earthquakes happen?

a) buttes

b) at tectonic plate faults

c) on plains

d) in valleys

b) at tectonic plate faults

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Which type of landform is a kind of mountain?

a) volcano

b) plain

c) plateau

d) valley

a) volcano

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How does a flood change the land?

a) it cracks rock

b) it drops soil

c) it lifts mountains

d) it sends out lava 

b) it drops soil