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.
Set 17 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.
Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
D2.Geo.2.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each place to what follows from it.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Low marshland behind the shore
Thin soil high on exposed uplands
A spring line along the hillside
Coal measures under the mill district
A.A row of villages strung at the same height
B.Fuel at the door of the works that needed it
C.Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on
D.Grazing rather than crops, and few households
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A narrow neck between sea and hill
A fast river falling through a gorge
A deep sheltered bay
A flat terrace above the flood line
A.Room to lay out streets that stay dry
B.Large vessels can lie close in and unload
C.Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap
D.Power for mills before steam arrived
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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
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)
2.1. 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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