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