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What a Diagram Adds is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on explaining how an image clarifies a text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 20 of them with 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 20 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

What a Diagram Adds

RI.2.7

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface. Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises. When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is. As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.

  1. 1. What would a diagram of a volcano need to label?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. What would a flow diagram for this text show?

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

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  1. 1.1. The crust, the magma below, the lava at the surface and the layers of new rock.
  2. 2.1. The five stages in order: sorting, pulping, cleaning, pressing and cutting.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.