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STAAR Blitz - Day 5 - Landforms

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19 questions
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Drag each vocabulary word to the matching definition.

  • breaking down of rock into smaller pieces called sediment
  • carrying or moving pieces of rock and sediment
  • pieces of rock and sediment are dropped or deposited in a new place
  • Weathering
  • Erosion
  • Deposition
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What are sediments?

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How are sediments formed?

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Match the landform with the force agent that most likely created the land feature.

  • Santa Elena Canyon at Big Bend National Park

  • Brazos Delta south of Freeport, Texas

  • Lighthouse butte at Palo Duro Canyon

  • Enchanted Rock at the Llano Uplift

  • Sand dunes at Monahan's Sandhills State Park

  • Natural Bridge Caverns north of San Antonio

  • Ice
  • Wind
  • Water
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Landslides, earthquakes, and volcanoes change landforms faster than weathering, erosion, and deposition. How do landslides, earthquakes, and volcanoes change the land rapidly?



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Water travels through different types of soil due to differences in the soils’ porosity.

How much total water was retained by all the soils?

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Which soil type is the best at retaining water?

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Based on the results above, which soil is made of the largest particles?

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Which soil drains the best?

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Identify the items below as either a fast change or slow change.

  • Delta
  • Volcano
  • Wide Valley
  • Landslide
  • Fast Change
  • Slow Change
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Wind, water, and ice create Earth's landforms over time. Complete the table to categorize the following landforms: Sand dune, Wide valley, Cave, Arch, Canyon, Glacier, Mesa, Ice wedging, and Delta.

Place THREE items in each category.

  • Glacier
  • Canyon
  • Ice wedging
  • Mesa
  • Wide valley
  • Arch
  • Sand dune
  • Delta
  • Cave
  • Wind
  • Water
  • Ice
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Which are characteristics of a landslide?
Select TWO correct answers.

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Students need soil that effectively drains water away for use with succulents in their classroom. They investigated four different soil samples and their ability to retain water. Which two samples should students use in their classroom?

Select TWO correct answers.

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How is a delta primarily formed?

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What primary factor contributes to the formation of a canyon?

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How is a u-shaped valley typically formed?

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What distinguishes the formation of a canyon from a delta?

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Which location on this delta will have the most deposition?

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Where does weathering, erosion and deposition occure?
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weathering
erosion
deposition