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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a glacier?hills formed by the wind blowing sanda huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slopeA large body of water with land all around itThe outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of landform has a large, natural rise in elevation that has steep sides and is taller than a hill?glacierdunehillmountain
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHills formed by the wind blowing or depositing sand are calleddunesriverslakesmountains
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a river?a natural physical feature on Earth's surfaceThe outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or oceana wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of watera huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA large body of water with land all around it is called aoceanriverstreamlake
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a delta?a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slopea wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of watera triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of waterThe outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThese landforms are NOT found in Floridamountains and glacierscoastlines and sand dunesrivers and lakesdeltas
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMountains and glaciers producelimestonesedimentcastlesstone
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a valley?An area of low land between hills or mountainsA large body of salt waterA deep, steep ravineA piece of land with water on three sides
- 10. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
Delta
River
Coastline
Glacier
- 11. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
Lake
River
Coastline
Delta
- 12. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
delta
lake
sand dune
river
- 13. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
lake
mountain
hill
sand dune
- 14. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
lake
mountain
glacier
delta
- 15. Multiple Choice
Name this landform.
Delta
River
Coastline
Mountain
- 16. Multiple Choice
Formed when pieces of Earth's crust—called plates—smash against each other in a process called plate tectonics, and buckle up like the hood of a car in a head-on collision.
sinkholes
mountains
caves
deltas
- 17. Multiple Choice
When the land surface above collapses or sinks into the cavities or when surface material is carried downward into the voids; drought, along with resulting high groundwater withdrawals, can make conditions favorable for this to form
deltas
mountains
caves
sinkholes
- 18. Multiple Choice
Sediment is deposited in a river delta because the
velocity of the river decreases
force of gravity decreases
volume of the river increases
gradient of the river increases
- 19. Multiple Choice
At which point does the greatest stream erosion occur?
A
B
C
D
- 20. Multiple Choice
Compared to the stream speed between point X and point Y, the stream speed between point Y and point Z is most likely
greater, since the slope of the land decreases
greater, since the slope of the land increases
less, since the slope of the land decreases
less, since the slope of the land increases
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