Hawaii Landforms

What can streams do to volcanic rock over time?

• Turn it instantly into ice
• Create tectonic plates
• Stop volcanic eruptions
• Carve valleys

Waimea Canyon illustrates which landform process?

• Growth of a continental glacier
• Creation of a sandy river delta
• Construction of a coral atoll alone
• Long-term erosion of volcanic terrain

Which landscape is especially associated with the Nā Pali Coast?

• Large inland wheat fields
• Flat desert dunes
• Steep cliffs and valleys
• Polar ice shelves

Which process gradually wears away Hawaiian coastlines?

• Continental drift alone
• Wave erosion
• Moonlight
• Cloud shadow