5.7.B Recognize How Landforms Are The Result Of Changes To Earth's Surface
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Grade 5
Science (2010) (Archived)
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- Q1Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier?A lava flowA wide valleyA deep oceanA mountain range60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q2The Rio Grande Valley is located at the southern tip of Texas at the end of a long river known as the Rio Grande. How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamisThe river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosionThe river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q3A student hiking in a rocky area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the cracks are so large that the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused these rocks to crack and break?Water freezing and thawingErosion by fast-moving waterSediments being depositedErosion by wind60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q4The photograph below shows a canyon in northern Arizona. Which of these describes how this canyon was most likely formed?Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls.Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls.Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q5A wide U-shaped valley is shown in the photograph below. This valley was most likely formed by —a glaciera hurricanemelting snowflash flooding60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q6Students constructed this model of a hill by covering sugar cubes with clay. The students placed the model in a large pan and poured hot water over it every day for a week. What does the model best represent?A method for separating mineralsThe formation of caves in hillsA method for removing fossil fuels from hillsThe formation of plains60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q7Monahans Sandhills State Park in Texas has almost 4,000 acres of sand dunes. Some of the dunes are as tall as a six-story building. The dunes in the park are formed by —strong windsrainstormstornadoesearthquakes60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q8The size and shape of a delta can change over time.The size and shape of this delta over time are NOT likely to be changed by —the amount and size of sediments carried by the river and streamsthe number and height of tides along the shorethe amount of hunting and fishing in the deltathe number and size of waves from the ocean that reach the shore60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
