Mountain, Valley or Plain? is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on naming the kinds of land and water a model can show, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-ESS2-2. It prints 2 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 15 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.
Mountain, Valley or Plain?
2-ESS2-2
NameDate
Draw a line from each description to the landform.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Land with water all the way around it
Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea
Where the land meets the sea
Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain
A.Hill
B.River
C.Coast
D.Island
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Part of the sea that curves into the land
A large body of still water with land all around it
Wide flat land with no hills
Low land between hills, often with a river along it
A.Plain
B.Lake
C.Bay
D.Valley
LessonPrint · 2-ESS2-2 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Mountain, Valley or Plain?
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Land with water all the way around it — D (Island) 2. Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea — B (River) 3. Where the land meets the sea — C (Coast) 4. Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain — A (Hill)
2.1. Part of the sea that curves into the land — C (Bay) 2. A large body of still water with land all around it — B (Lake) 3. Wide flat land with no hills — A (Plain) 4. Low land between hills, often with a river along it — D (Valley)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.