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Destructive and Constructive Assessment
Destructive and Constructive Assessment
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1
What is the name of the landform in the image?
mountain
volcano
cavern
canyon
2
Over time, lava that flows out of a volcano
can freeze into ice
can form moraines
can form faults
can form mountains
3
Deposition is a process that
drops rock particles in new places
moves rock particles to new places
builds mountains
breaks down rock
4
What landform is a very steep rise in the land, usually with a high peak and rocky surface?
hill
mountain
plain
valley
5
Which is not a result of deposition?
floodplain
delta
moraine
valley
6
Mountains are much taller that the area that surrounds them, which landform is not a mountain?
Rainier
Guadalupe
Solisbury
Matterhorn
7
Bill notices a sudden movement of rock and soil moving down a hill. What is Bill noticing?
a landslide caused by gravity
a landslide by deposition
weathering causes by water
weathering caused by wind
8
Which surface feature could be caused by moving ice but not by moving water or wind?
moving rock particles to different places
movement of sediments down a mountainside
transporting large boulders over many kilometers
smoothing and rounding rocks of different sizes
9
What is weathering?
the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
a force that pulls pieces of rock downhill
weathering is a type of climate
the movement of rock pieces from one place to another
10
Which of the following landforms is the result of a river carving out land by erosion?
canyon
sand dune
delta
mountain
11
Which is washed away MOST EASILY by erosion
bedrock
subsoil
topsoil
magma
12
Which of these is a flat, fan shaped area of land that forms near the mouth of a river?
beach
floodplain
delta
moraine
13
Freezing and thawing of water in rock can cause?
erosion
deposition
weathering
beach nourishment
14
Which landform do these characteristics describe?
hill
mountain
valley
plain
15
Which one forms from material deposited by wind?
moraine
dune
delta
floodplain
16
All of the following are considered landforms EXCEPT
mountain
canyon
valley
soil
17
Which landforms are the tallest on Earth?
hills
valleys
plains
mountains
18
Which landform is produced when the crust of the earth pushes upward?
delta
lake
ocean
mountain
