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
NameDate
Draw a line from each place to what follows from it.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Coal measures under the mill district
Thin soil high on exposed uplands
A deep sheltered bay
A narrow neck between sea and hill
A.Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap
B.Large vessels can lie close in and unload
C.Fuel at the door of the works that needed it
D.Grazing rather than crops, and few households
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A flat terrace above the flood line
A spring line along the hillside
Low marshland behind the shore
A fast river falling through a gorge
A.Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on
B.Room to lay out streets that stay dry
C.Power for mills before steam arrived
D.A row of villages strung at the same height
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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coal measures under the mill district — C (Fuel at the door of the works that needed it) 2. Thin soil high on exposed uplands — D (Grazing rather than crops, and few households) 3. A deep sheltered bay — B (Large vessels can lie close in and unload) 4. A narrow neck between sea and hill — A (Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap)
2.1. A flat terrace above the flood line — B (Room to lay out streets that stay dry) 2. A spring line along the hillside — D (A row of villages strung at the same height) 3. Low marshland behind the shore — A (Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on) 4. A fast river falling through a gorge — C (Power for mills before steam arrived)
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