WorksheetsCA Studies Weekly-Week 1 4th Grade
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Earth is made mostly of rock and ___________. The outer, thin layer is called the__________.
sand, mantle
metal, crust
leaves, core
dirt, sheet
Before the 1400s, there weren't many attempts to make
___________. Then a German merchant and navigator named Martin Benhaim produced a globe. It didn't have the _________on it because they hadn't been discovered.
maps, Americas
ships, countries
books, Europe
trips, oceans
Large body of water off the coast of California:
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Pacific Ocean
Sacramento
The second most populated city in the United States.
Mount Whitney
Sacramento
Pacific Ocean
California
The highest point in the continental United States.
Mount Whitney
California
Death Valley
Pacific Ocean
The state capital of California.
Mount Whitney
Sacramento
California
Death Valley
Why do people along the western part of the state of California need to be prepared for earthquakes?
Shifting weather patterns caused by the jet stream can create earthquakes.
Underwater volcanos erupting in the Pacific Ocean can cause earthquakes on land.
Mining in the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range causes shifts in the Earth’s crust.
The shifting of the Earth's plates at the San Andreas Fault can cause earthquakes.
Without the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range, the land of California would be a ___________.
prairie
rainforest
desert
basin
Along the western coast of California, two plates of the Earth’s crust meet at a______________.
seam
fault
hinge
canyon
How does the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range help communities that are to the west of the mountain range?
The mountains provide much of the area where farming takes place and provide much of the food for the people of California.
Many tourists visit this region of California each year, making it the most important tourist attraction in the state
The mountains provide much of the water needed by the western valleys for agriculture and drinking water.
A majority of the people in the state of California live in the mountain region of the state.
What industries have grown due to the resources of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range?
lumber and tourism
entertainment and technology
mining and lumber
lumber and technology
The area to the west of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range, where there are many farms and large cities, is called_______________.
Death Valley
The Pacific Slope
the Mojave Desert
the San Andreas Fault
