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.
Part of the sea that curves into the land
Land with water on three sides
Low land between hills, often with a river along it
A large body of still water with land all around it
A.Bay
B.Peninsula
C.Valley
D.Lake
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
High land with a wide flat top
Very high land with steep sides and a pointed top
Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain
Wide flat land with no hills
A.Hill
B.Plateau
C.Mountain
D.Plain
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Answer key — Mountain, Valley or Plain?
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Part of the sea that curves into the land — A (Bay) 2. Land with water on three sides — B (Peninsula) 3. Low land between hills, often with a river along it — C (Valley) 4. A large body of still water with land all around it — D (Lake)
2.1. High land with a wide flat top — B (Plateau) 2. Very high land with steep sides and a pointed top — C (Mountain) 3. Land that rises gently, lower than a mountain — A (Hill) 4. Wide flat land with no hills — D (Plain)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.