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.
Low marshland behind the shore
A fast river falling through a gorge
A deep sheltered bay
Thin soil high on exposed uplands
A.Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on
B.Power for mills before steam arrived
C.Large vessels can lie close in and unload
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 spring line along the hillside
A flat terrace above the flood line
Coal measures under the mill district
A.Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap
B.Fuel at the door of the works that needed it
C.A row of villages strung at the same height
D.Room to lay out streets that stay dry
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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Low marshland behind the shore — A (Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on) 2. A fast river falling through a gorge — B (Power for mills before steam arrived) 3. A deep sheltered bay — C (Large vessels can lie close in and unload) 4. Thin soil high on exposed uplands — D (Grazing rather than crops, and few households)
2.1. A narrow neck between sea and hill — A (Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap) 2. A spring line along the hillside — C (A row of villages strung at the same height) 3. A flat terrace above the flood line — D (Room to lay out streets that stay dry) 4. Coal measures under the mill district — B (Fuel at the door of the works that needed it)
More practice for D2.Geo.2.3-5
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