What Made This Landform? is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on linking landforms to the water, ice or wind that wore or built them, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 4-ESS2-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What Made This Landform?
4-ESS2-1
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Draw a line from each landform to what shaped it.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A sea stack standing off the coast
Rounded pebbles in a river bed
A sandy beach
A canyon
A.Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along
B.Waves dropping sand along the shore
C.A river cutting down through rock for millions of years
D.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A delta
A U-shaped valley
A huge boulder alone in a flat field
A sand dune
A.A glacier scraping the valley wide and deep
B.Wind piling up loose sand
C.A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea
D.A glacier carrying it there and then melting
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Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A sea stack standing off the coast — D (Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in) 2. Rounded pebbles in a river bed — A (Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along) 3. A sandy beach — B (Waves dropping sand along the shore) 4. A canyon — C (A river cutting down through rock for millions of years)
2.1. A delta — C (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea) 2. A U-shaped valley — A (A glacier scraping the valley wide and deep) 3. A huge boulder alone in a flat field — D (A glacier carrying it there and then melting) 4. A sand dune — B (Wind piling up loose sand)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.