4th Grade Map Earth Process Effects worksheets

Map Earth Process Effects

Grade 4 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   Look at the picture. A glacier once carved the land at A. What would you expect to see there?

   • sand dunes on a plain
   • a wide valley between mountains
   • an island in the ocean
   • a delta at the coast
2. 2.

   Why are maps of Earth's features more useful than one photo of a place?

   • maps show where features are over a large area, so patterns appear
   • maps show only one small spot
   • maps show what each rock is made of
   • maps show how features will change tomorrow
3. 3.

   Maps show most earthquakes in the United States happen in the West. Which plan fits this pattern?

   • stricter earthquake building rules in western states
   • no rules, because quakes cannot be mapped
   • stricter earthquake rules only in the East
   • the same rules everywhere, because quakes are random
4. 4.

   On a world map, Japan has many earthquakes and volcanoes. Where is Japan?

   • far from any ocean
   • in the center of a continent
   • in the middle of a large desert
   • on the edge of the Pacific Ocean