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 21 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 cave in limestone
A huge boulder alone in a flat field
A canyon
A scree slope
A.Water freezing in cracks and splitting rock from a crag
B.A glacier carrying it there and then melting
C.Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock
D.A river cutting down through rock for millions of years
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A sea stack standing off the coast
A sandy beach
A sand dune
A delta
A.Waves dropping sand along the shore
B.Wind piling up loose sand
C.A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea
D.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
LessonPrint · 4-ESS2-1 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A cave in limestone — C (Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock) 2. A huge boulder alone in a flat field — B (A glacier carrying it there and then melting) 3. A canyon — D (A river cutting down through rock for millions of years) 4. A scree slope — A (Water freezing in cracks and splitting rock from a crag)
2.1. A sea stack standing off the coast — D (Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in) 2. A sandy beach — A (Waves dropping sand along the shore) 3. A sand dune — B (Wind piling up loose sand) 4. A delta — C (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.