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Worksheets3NW Social Studies
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which picture represents a globe?
What are maps and globes?
Rules
Tools to help us find the location, distance, and direction of places
Natural disasters that change the landscape
Human processes that change the landscape
What is used on a map to show cardinal directions and intermediate directions?
map
globe
The Rocky Mountains
compass rose
What is missing on the compass rose?
Cardinal directions
Intermediate directions
Globes
Maps
What completes the compass rose?
N for North
S for South
W for West
E for East
What country is north of the United States?
Canada
Mexico
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
What ocean is to the west of the United States?
Canada
Mexico
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the mountains to the northwest of Texas?
The State of New Mexico
Guadalupe Peak
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
In which direction is the Mississippi River located if I start in Texas?
North
South
East
West
How should we travel to go from Pasadena to Austin?
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
Which symbol represents dairy?
In which part of Texas does the map shoe that fruits are grown?
West
East
North
South
What does this map of Texas show?
Agriculture in the state of Texas
Industries in the state of Texas
Industries in the state of Oklahoma
Agriculture in the state of Louisiana
What industry can be found near Austin?
Natural gas
Oil
Computers
Chemicals
What industry has the most representation on the west side of Texas?
Chemicals
Food processing
Oil
Nursery
What are the coordinates of Corpus Christi?
E,2
F,2
G,2
H,2
What are the coordinates of El Paso?
C,5
B,5
A,5
A,6
What city is located on G,5?
Dallas
Laredo
Midland
Lufkin
What is the approximate distance in miles between Eugene and Mount Washington?
80 miles
800 miles
8000 miles
8 miles
What is the approximate distance in miles between Eugene and Mount Washington?
80 miles
800 miles
8000 miles
8 miles
Mountains and hills are types of landforms. What is another type of landform?
Scales
Grids
Hurricanes
Valleys
What are landforms?
Rules
Cultural celebrations
2-dimensional shapes
Natural shapes that make up the Earth’s surface
What are these examples of?
· Earthquakes
· Volcanoes
· Hurricanes
Landforms
Processes that help create landforms
Maps
Mountains
What are the highest type of landforms on Earth?
Mountains
Hills
Plains
Valleys
Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas. What type of landform is Guadalupe Peak?
Mountains
Hills
Plain
Valley
What type of landform is slightly above the land around it?
Mountains
Valley
Plain
Hills
What is a valley?
The low land between hills and mountains
The highest type of landform on Earth
Landforms that rise slightly above the land around them
places with very dry climates
A plain is ___________________________________.
A place with very dry climate
A flat piece of land
The highest type of landform
A hurricane
How can you describe the climate in the Chihuahuan Desert?
A place between two hills or two mountains
A place where water covers the soil most of the time
A place with very dry climate
A place with a lot of rain
Galveston Bay
This landform is important because it protects and improves water quality, provides fish and wild life habitats, stores flood waters and maintains surface water flow during dry periods. What landform is this?
Mountains
Valley
Plain
Wetland
