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 19 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 U-shaped valley
A delta
A sea stack standing off the coast
A sand dune
A.A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea
B.A glacier scraping the valley wide and deep
C.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
D.Wind piling up loose sand
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Rounded pebbles in a river bed
A sandy beach
A canyon
A cave in limestone
A.Waves dropping sand along the shore
B.A river cutting down through rock for millions of years
C.Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along
D.Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock
LessonPrint · 4-ESS2-1 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A U-shaped valley — B (A glacier scraping the valley wide and deep) 2. A delta — A (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea) 3. A sea stack standing off the coast — C (Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in) 4. A sand dune — D (Wind piling up loose sand)
2.1. Rounded pebbles in a river bed — C (Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along) 2. A sandy beach — A (Waves dropping sand along the shore) 3. A canyon — B (A river cutting down through rock for millions of years) 4. A cave in limestone — D (Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.