Landforms Study Guide
Vocabulary (These are words that you will need to know to fully understand the material. Not all
of them will be on the test.)
1. Agriculture - ______________________________________________________
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2. Chemical Weathering - _____________________________________________
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3. Conservation - ____________________________________________________
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4. Construction - ____________________________________________________
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5. Constructive Forces - ______________________________________________
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6. Deposition - ______________________________________________________
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7. Destructive Forces - ________________________________________________
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8. Dissolve - ________________________________________________________
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9. Earthquakes - ____________________________________________________
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10. Erosion - ________________________________________________________
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11. Fault - __________________________________________________________
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12. Flood - __________________________________________________________
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13. Fossil Fuel - _______________________________________________________
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14. Gravity - __________________________________________________________
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15. Landform - ________________________________________________________
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16. Landslide - ________________________________________________________
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17. Lava - _____________________________________________________________
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18. Magma - __________________________________________________________
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19. Mining - ___________________________________________________________
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20. Natural Resources - __________________________________________________
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21. Negative - _________________________________________________________
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22. Organism - ________________________________________________________
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23. Physical Weathering - ________________________________________________
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24. Pollution - _________________________________________________________
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25. Positive - ___________________________________________________________
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26. Recycle - ____________________________________________________________
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27. Reduce - _____________________________________________________________
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28. Reuse -______________________________________________________________
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29. Sediments - ___________________________________________________________
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30. Tsunami - ____________________________________________________________
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31. Volcanic Eruption - _____________________________________________________
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32. Volcano -____________________________________________________________
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33. Weathering - _________________________________________________________
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Classify the following as constructive, destructive, or both as we study these throughout the unit.
volcanic eruption
erosion
earthquake
flood
Constructive
weathering
landslide
deposition
Both
Destructive
1. Earth’s oceans and land can be affected in ____________ ways and ___________
ways by natural processes.
2. What is the difference between constructive and destructive forces?
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3. Give three examples of landforms that were created by these forces.
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4. Give three causes of erosion.
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5. Explain how erosion is different from weathering?
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6. Give two examples of landforms that are created as a result of deposition.
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7. Describe the sequence of events that lead to the development of a river delta.
8. Compare physical and chemical weathering. Give two causes of each.
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9. How was the Grand Canyon formed?
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10. When deposition occurs, the smaller/larger particles settle to the bottom first.
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11. Find two examples of erosion around the school or in your neighbor. Insert or draw
a picture and describe the process taking place.
12. Slower moving water will cause less/more erosion compared to faster moving
water.
13. A flatter sloped river will have less/more erosion than a steeper sloped river.
14. Flood conditions in a river basin will contribute to less/more erosion than
drought conditions.
15. Give three possible causes of a tsunami.
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16. Why do earthquakes occur along faults?
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17. List three possible causes of a landslide.
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18. Give two examples of how volcanoes can affect the surface of the land.
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19. Give two examples of how landslides affect people.
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20. Find two different natural resources around the school or in your neighbor. Insert or
draw a picture.
21. Explain the slogan “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
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22. Give a specific examples for how you could reduce, reuse and recycle in your
everyday life at home or at school. Give an example for each.
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23. Give a specific example of air, water and land pollution. Give an example for each.
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