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Social Studies - Maps, Environment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weather?

a)

the smell of flowers

b)

the taste of ice cream

c)

what it is like outside

d)

what it is like inside the classroom

2.

What is temperature?

a)

how something taste like

b)

how hot or cold something is

c)

how something smells like

d)

how sweet or sour something is

3.

True or False: Weather can be wet or dry.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

true or false: on wet days, it is hot and dry

a)

false

b)

true

5.

true or false: on dry days, there is a lot of rain

a)

true

b)

false

6.

what do we wear when the weather is cold and wet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

where do polar bears live?

a)

cold weather

b)

hot weather

c)

no weather

d)

warm weather

8.

what helps polar bears survive in cold places?

a)

strong hands

b)

big feet

c)

heavy fur

d)

no hair

9.

what is an environment?

a)

the cars in the neighborhood

b)

the food we eat

c)

the ipads we use

d)

the air, land, water, and life around us

10.

which of these is an urban environment?

a)
b)
c)
11.

which of these is a rural environment?

a)
b)
c)
12.

which of these is suburban environment?

a)
b)
c)
d)

none

13.

what is one way that people change Earth's water?

a)

by fishing

b)

by farming

c)

by going to school

d)

by building dams

14.

what is a canal?

a)

a waterway that connects two bodies of water

b)

a waterfall

c)

a dam

d)

a bridge

15.

what is one effect that changing the environment can have?

a)

there is no effect

b)

animals must find new places to live

c)

we need to build more dams

d)

farmers need to irrigate their land

16.

what is a physical map?

a)

there is no such thing as a physical map

b)

it has colors and symbols

c)

it shows landforms and bodies of water

d)

it shows earth's land and water

17.

what is a political map?

a)

it shows imaginary lines called borders

b)

it shows who's the next governor

c)

it shows what school you're going to

18.

what are the four cardinal directions?

a)

long, short, big, small

b)

small, big, large, tall

c)

up, down, left, right

d)

north, south, east, west

19.

what are the intermediate directions?

a)

north, south, east, west

b)

north east, south east, south west, north west

c)

big, tall, short, small

d)

north south, south south, north north, west east

20.

what is this symbol called?

a)

relative location

b)

grid map

c)

compass rose