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