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