5.10C Landforms Practice

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

How does a delta form?

• a river slowing down
• it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake
• the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away
• the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What continues to shape canyons?

• fast moving water
• slow moving water
• rocks weathering
• rocks eroding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What landform is this?

• valley
• delta
• river
• canyon

Which of these landforms was made by deposition?

• River mouth 
• Delta 
• Meander 
• Canyon 

What agent of change causes a sand dune?

• Water

• Wind

• Ice

What agent of change causes a U-shaped Valley?

• Water

• Wind

• Ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which process best describes the formation of a sand dune.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition