Landforms: Chapter 2

A ___________ is an illustration that shows how something works or what its parts are.

• Erosion

• Scale

• Diagram

• Explanation

When rock, soil, or sand is worn down and moved from one place to another is ______.

• Erosion

• Scale

• Diagram

• Explanation

All of the following describe a Scientific Explanation, except one. Choose the answer choice that DOES NOT describe a Scientific Explanation.

• It answers a question.

• It is based on science ideas learned from an investigation.

• It asks a question.

• It contains scientific words and vocabulary.

 Can fast flowing water in a stream move a boulder?  

• yes, it can

• no, it can't

• only if it is daytime

The shape of a landform changes when water causes pieces of rock to break  

     off. 

• True

• False

What happens when water hits a cliff?

• tiny pieces of rock break off

• the landform never changes

• it freezes

Scientists make diagrams to ________________________.

• show their ideas about how the world works

• Create a fairy tale book

• Make the landforms go back to how they were

 A description of how something works or why something happens.

• rock

• explanation

• surface

• evidence

Something scientists make.  A small version of a landform.

• landform

• model

• surface

• geologist

This is what landforms are made of.

• rock

• explanation

• surface

• evidence