Grade 4 Earth science worksheet that asks students to predict how landscapes formed using evidence. Multiple-choice items focus on canyons, U-shaped valleys, sand dunes, and earthquake-prone mountains. Fill-in items reinforce moraine, deposition, fault, volcano, and ice as students connect features to their causes over geologic time. Students reason about evidence in canyons, mountains, glacial valleys, and dunes to identify the formation process in this Grade 4 challenge worksheet.
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Earth's Changing Surface
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A deep, narrow canyon with a river at the bottom most likely formed from
A) wind blowing sand for a few years
B) a river slowly cutting rock for millions of years
C) one strong earthquake last week
D) a glacier that melted overnight
2. A wide U-shaped valley high in the mountains is best explained by
A) a fast-moving river
B) wind erosion in a desert
C) a glacier carving the valley long ago
D) a single landslide
3. Tall, curved sand dunes in a hot, dry region were most likely shaped by
A) ocean tides
B) wind blowing loose sand
C) a melting glacier
D) tree roots
4. A tall mountain range with frequent earthquakes is most likely the result of
A) river deposition
B) two tectonic plates pushing together
C) wind erosion only
D) small puddles freezing
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. A landform with smooth, rounded boulders piled at the foot of a melted glacier is a moraine.
2. Layers of sediment fanning out where a river meets a lake show deposition at work.
3. A long, straight crack in the ground after an earthquake is most likely a fault.
4. A cone-shaped mountain that erupted lava in the past is a volcano.
5. Sharp jagged peaks above a U-shaped valley were carved by ice.
Earth's Changing Surface
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A deep, narrow canyon with a river at the bottom most likely formed from
A) wind blowing sand for a few years
B) a river slowly cutting rock for millions of years
C) one strong earthquake last week
D) a glacier that melted overnight
2. A wide U-shaped valley high in the mountains is best explained by
A) a fast-moving river
B) wind erosion in a desert
C) a glacier carving the valley long ago
D) a single landslide
3. Tall, curved sand dunes in a hot, dry region were most likely shaped by
A) ocean tides
B) wind blowing loose sand
C) a melting glacier
D) tree roots
4. A tall mountain range with frequent earthquakes is most likely the result of
A) river deposition
B) two tectonic plates pushing together
C) wind erosion only
D) small puddles freezing
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A landform with smooth, rounded boulders piled at the foot of a melted glacier is a moraine.
2) Layers of sediment fanning out where a river meets a lake show deposition at work.
3) A long, straight crack in the ground after an earthquake is most likely a fault.
4) A cone-shaped mountain that erupted lava in the past is a volcano.
5) Sharp jagged peaks above a U-shaped valley were carved by ice.
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