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Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on location and environmental characteristics, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.2.3-5. 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.

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Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh

D2.Geo.2.3-5

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Draw a line from each place to what follows from it.

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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Low marshland behind the shore — C (Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on) 2. Thin soil high on exposed uplands — D (Grazing rather than crops, and few households) 3. A spring line along the hillside — A (A row of villages strung at the same height) 4. Coal measures under the mill district — B (Fuel at the door of the works that needed it)
  2. 2.1. A narrow neck between sea and hill — C (Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap) 2. A fast river falling through a gorge — D (Power for mills before steam arrived) 3. A deep sheltered bay — B (Large vessels can lie close in and unload) 4. A flat terrace above the flood line — A (Room to lay out streets that stay dry)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.