What Processes Change Landforms
- 1. W hat Pro ce sse s Change Landfo rm s?
- 2. What are physical features on Earth’s surface?
- 4. Which is an example of a landform? • House • Mountain • Lawn • skyscraper
- 6. moving sediment from one place to another
- 8. Breaking rocks into silt, sand, clay, and sediment
- 10. downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity
- 12. dropping sediment in a new location
- 14. Which natural forces can cause a sudden change? • Glaciers • Rain • Volcanic eruptions • Steady winds
- 16. Arizona’s Grand Canyon was carved by the action of the ______. • Hudson river • Mississippi River • Potomic River • Colorado River
- 18. A _____ is a man-made structure that regulates the flow of water.
- 20. A ____ is a thick sheet of ice, formed in areas where more snow falls during winter than melts during the summer.
- 22. _______ ________ are rich agricultural areas, but are dangerous places for people to live because of periodic flooding.
- 24. ____ move wet soil quickly.
- 26. ______ is a mass movement where soil moves slowly downhill because of gravity. The changes of landforms happen so slowly that they’re hard to observe directly.
- 28. A _____ is a large hole in the ground that opens suddenly. It forms after rock under the surface has dissolved or become weak.
- 30. What kind of landform can be formed when a glacier begins melting back and deposits the sediments it has been carrying with it?
- 32. A _______ is mass movement that moves dry rock and soil downhill quickly.
- 34. What kind of landform can be formed by deposition of sediment from an underwater volcano?
- 36. What kind of landform can be formed by the eroding force of a river channel?