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 18 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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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 arch
A delta
A sandy beach
Rounded pebbles in a river bed
A.Waves wearing a hole right through a headland
B.Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along
C.Waves dropping sand along the shore
D.A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A cave in limestone
A canyon
A sea stack standing off the coast
A scree slope
A.A river cutting down through rock for millions of years
B.Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock
C.Water freezing in cracks and splitting rock from a crag
D.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
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Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A sea arch — A (Waves wearing a hole right through a headland) 2. A delta — D (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea) 3. A sandy beach — C (Waves dropping sand along the shore) 4. Rounded pebbles in a river bed — B (Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along)
2.1. A cave in limestone — B (Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock) 2. A canyon — A (A river cutting down through rock for millions of years) 3. A sea stack standing off the coast — D (Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in) 4. A scree slope — C (Water freezing in cracks and splitting rock from a crag)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.