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.
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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.
A large body of still water with land all around it
High land with a wide flat top
Wide flat land with no hills
Low land between hills, often with a river along it
A.Valley
B.Lake
C.Plateau
D.Plain
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Part of the sea that curves into the land
Land with water on three sides
Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea
Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain
A.River
B.Peninsula
C.Hill
D.Bay
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Answer key — Mountain, Valley or Plain?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A large body of still water with land all around it — B (Lake) 2. High land with a wide flat top — C (Plateau) 3. Wide flat land with no hills — D (Plain) 4. Low land between hills, often with a river along it — A (Valley)
2.1. Part of the sea that curves into the land — D (Bay) 2. Land with water on three sides — B (Peninsula) 3. Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea — A (River) 4. Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain — C (Hill)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.