Landforms Vocabulary Test

a deep and narrow valley

• Canyon

• Valley

• U- Shaped Valley

• V- Shaped Valley

a large flat area of land at the mouth of a river

• River

• Sediment

• Delta

• Sea Arch

the process in which weathering materials eroded by

water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place.

• Erosion

• Land Arch

• Sediment

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

the movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Sand Dune

• Canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the repeated freezing and thawing of water in the cracks of the rocks

• Landforms

• U- Shaped Valley

• Glacier

• Frost wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

 a large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year (found on land NOT floating in ocean)

• Mountains

• Hills

• Valleys

• Glacier

A natural structure on Earth’s surface

• Cave

• Dessert

• Landform

• Valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a hill of sand that is deposited by the wind

• Hill

• Glacier

• V- Shaped Valley

• Sand Dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it

• Valley

• Cliff

• Hoodoo

• V- Shaped Valley

the process of breaking down and wearing away rock.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Canyon