Fresh or Salty? is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on identifying where fresh water and salt water are found, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-ESS2-3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Fresh or Salty?
2-ESS2-3
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Sort each one into fresh water or salt water.
1.Sort each one: Fresh water or Salt water?
Sort: A salt marsh by the sea, The open ocean, A spring bubbling out of a hillside, A clear mountain stream
Fresh waterSalt water
2.Sort each one: Fresh water or Salt water?
Sort: A chunk of ice broken off a glacier, The water in a seaside bay, A garden pond, A rock pool on the beach
Fresh waterSalt water
3.Sort each one: Fresh water or Salt water?
Sort: A cloudy brown river after a storm, Sea spray on a windy beach, A very salty lake in a hot desert, A lake in the hills
Fresh waterSalt water
LessonPrint · 2-ESS2-3 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fresh or Salty?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A clear mountain stream — Fresh water 2. A salt marsh by the sea — Salt water 3. A spring bubbling out of a hillside — Fresh water 4. The open ocean — Salt water
2.1. A chunk of ice broken off a glacier — Fresh water 2. A garden pond — Fresh water 3. A rock pool on the beach — Salt water 4. The water in a seaside bay — Salt water
3.1. A cloudy brown river after a storm — Fresh water 2. A lake in the hills — Fresh water 3. A very salty lake in a hot desert — Salt water 4. Sea spray on a windy beach — Salt water
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-ESS2-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.