Patterns on the Map is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on analysing maps to describe patterns in Earth's features, aligned to Common Core standard 4-ESS2-2. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 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.
Patterns on the Map
4-ESS2-2
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Draw a line from each pattern to what explains it.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Mountain chains running for thousands of miles
Rivers running from high ground to the sea
Deserts in belts either side of the equator
Volcanoes ringing the Pacific Ocean
A.They form where plates push together
B.They line up along the edges of Earth's plates
C.Dry sinking air sits over those latitudes
D.Water flows downhill to the lowest point
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Islands in a long chain across an ocean
Deep trenches just offshore
Coasts with wide flat estuaries
Earthquakes in long narrow bands
A.A river drops its sediment where it meets the sea
B.One plate is sliding beneath another
C.They follow the same plate boundaries
D.The plate moved over a fixed hot spot
LessonPrint · 4-ESS2-2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Patterns on the Map
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Mountain chains running for thousands of miles — A (They form where plates push together) 2. Rivers running from high ground to the sea — D (Water flows downhill to the lowest point) 3. Deserts in belts either side of the equator — C (Dry sinking air sits over those latitudes) 4. Volcanoes ringing the Pacific Ocean — B (They line up along the edges of Earth's plates)
2.1. Islands in a long chain across an ocean — D (The plate moved over a fixed hot spot) 2. Deep trenches just offshore — B (One plate is sliding beneath another) 3. Coasts with wide flat estuaries — A (A river drops its sediment where it meets the sea) 4. Earthquakes in long narrow bands — C (They follow the same plate boundaries)
More practice for 4-ESS2-2
Read maps to find patterns in Earth's features.
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