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
A narrow neck between sea and hill
A flat terrace above the flood line
Thin soil high on exposed uplands
A.Fuel at the door of the works that needed it
B.Room to lay out streets that stay dry
C.Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap
D.Grazing rather than crops, and few households
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A deep sheltered bay
A spring line along the hillside
Low marshland behind the shore
A fast river falling through a gorge
A.A row of villages strung at the same height
B.Poor drainage, fever, and land nobody built on
C.Power for mills before steam arrived
D.Large vessels can lie close in and unload
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Answer key — Bay, Gorge, Moor and Marsh
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coal measures under the mill district — A (Fuel at the door of the works that needed it) 2. A narrow neck between sea and hill — C (Every road, rail and cable squeezed through one gap) 3. A flat terrace above the flood line — B (Room to lay out streets that stay dry) 4. Thin soil high on exposed uplands — D (Grazing rather than crops, and few households)
2.1. A deep sheltered bay — D (Large vessels can lie close in and unload) 2. A spring line along the hillside — A (A row of villages strung at the same height) 3. Low marshland behind the shore — B (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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