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 6 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 sandy beach
A huge boulder alone in a flat field
Rounded pebbles in a river bed
A delta
A.Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along
B.Waves dropping sand along the shore
C.A glacier carrying it there and then melting
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 sand dune
A sea arch
A sea stack standing off the coast
A.Waves wearing away an arch until its top falls in
B.Wind piling up loose sand
C.Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock
D.Waves wearing a hole right through a headland
LessonPrint · 4-ESS2-1 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Made This Landform?
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A sandy beach — B (Waves dropping sand along the shore) 2. A huge boulder alone in a flat field — C (A glacier carrying it there and then melting) 3. Rounded pebbles in a river bed — A (Stones knocking together as the water rolls them along) 4. A delta — D (A river dropping mud and sand where it slows at the sea)
2.1. A cave in limestone — C (Rainwater slowly dissolving the rock) 2. A sand dune — B (Wind piling up loose sand) 3. A sea arch — D (Waves wearing a hole right through a headland) 4. A sea stack standing off the coast — A (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.