4(B)

describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development; and

The two images above could be used to describe which of the following actions?

The development of South Asian cultural zones

The physical processes that created the Andes Mountains

Transforming boundaries and earthquake zones

The physical processes that created the Himalayan Mountains.

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The physical processes illustrated above is best described as –

frost wedging

acid rain

erosion

soil building process

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The material left from the breaking down of rock mixes with decaying plants and animals to make –

soil

magma

sand

bedrock

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“Formed by the collision of tectonic plates and can be thousands of feet high in elevation” best matches which land form?

valley

peninsula

mountain

isthmus

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What geographic phenomenon is most responsible for the constant threat of earthquakes in several parts of North America?

Magma underneath the earth’s surface is pressing up on the crust with increasing pressure.

The Pacific plate and the North American plate are presently scraping past each other at the rate of several centimeters per year.

Pressure from increased ocean mass caused by global warming is creating structural instability underneath the continent.

Great quantities of industrial chemicals have leached into the earth’s crust, causing a breakdown in its composition.

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Which physical feature is an example of the type of landform described in the article?

Reef

Fjord

Strait

Atoll

As a river empties into a large body of water such as a lake, bay, or ocean, it slows down. Before the river reaches its mouth, it may be affected by incoming tides which also slow its current.

Which specific geographic landform is best described by the passage above?

The source of the Mississippi River

The Isthmus of Panama

The Nile delta

The Bikini atoll

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Which nation in the map above is an archipelago?

Hawaii

Japan

Korea

Taiwan