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 17 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 huge boulder alone in a flat field
A cave in limestone
Rounded pebbles in a river bed
A sea stack standing off the coast
A.A glacier carrying it there and then melting
B.Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock
C.Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along
D.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A delta
A sand dune
A sea arch
A sandy beach
A.Wind piling up loose sand
B.Waves wearing a hole right through a headland
C.A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea
D.Waves dropping sand along the shore
LessonPrint · 4-ESS2-1 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A huge boulder alone in a flat field — A (A glacier carrying it there and then melting) 2. A cave in limestone — B (Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock) 3. Rounded pebbles in a river bed — C (Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along) 4. A sea stack standing off the coast — D (Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in)
2.1. A delta — C (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea) 2. A sand dune — A (Wind piling up loose sand) 3. A sea arch — B (Waves wearing a hole right through a headland) 4. A sandy beach — D (Waves dropping sand along the shore)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.