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.
A fast river falling through a gorge
Thin soil high on exposed uplands
Coal measures under the mill district
A narrow neck between sea and hill
A.Grazing rather than crops, and few households
B.Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap
C.Fuel at the door of the works that needed it
D.Power for mills before steam arrived
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A flat terrace above the flood line
Low marshland behind the shore
A spring line along the hillside
A deep sheltered bay
A.Large vessels can lie close in and unload
B.Room to lay out streets that stay dry
C.Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on
D.A row of villages strung at the same height
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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fast river falling through a gorge — D (Power for mills before steam arrived) 2. Thin soil high on exposed uplands — A (Grazing rather than crops, and few households) 3. Coal measures under the mill district — C (Fuel at the door of the works that needed it) 4. A narrow neck between sea and hill — B (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. Low marshland behind the shore — C (Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on) 3. A spring line along the hillside — D (A row of villages strung at the same height) 4. A deep sheltered bay — A (Large vessels can lie close in and unload)
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