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 9 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.
Coasts with wide flat estuaries
Deserts in belts either side of the equator
Mountain chains running for thousands of miles
Rivers running from high ground to the sea
A.A river drops its sediment where it meets the sea
B.Water flows downhill to the lowest point
C.They form where plates push together
D.Dry sinking air sits over those latitudes
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Earthquakes in long narrow bands
Deep trenches just offshore
Volcanoes ringing the Pacific Ocean
Islands in a long chain across an ocean
A.They follow the same plate boundaries
B.The plate moved over a fixed hot spot
C.One plate is sliding beneath another
D.They line up along the edges of Earth's plates
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Answer key — Patterns on the Map
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coasts with wide flat estuaries — A (A river drops its sediment where it meets the sea) 2. Deserts in belts either side of the equator — D (Dry sinking air sits over those latitudes) 3. Mountain chains running for thousands of miles — C (They form where plates push together) 4. Rivers running from high ground to the sea — B (Water flows downhill to the lowest point)
2.1. Earthquakes in long narrow bands — A (They follow the same plate boundaries) 2. Deep trenches just offshore — C (One plate is sliding beneath another) 3. Volcanoes ringing the Pacific Ocean — D (They line up along the edges of Earth's plates) 4. Islands in a long chain across an ocean — B (The plate moved over a fixed hot spot)
More practice for 4-ESS2-2
Read maps to find patterns in Earth's features.
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