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Our Rock Collection is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on describing and sorting rocks by size, color and texture, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-PS1-1. It prints 7 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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Our Rock Collection

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Our Rock Collection

A table the class made of six rocks brought in from home, looked at with a hand lens. SIX ROCKS Rock 1: as big as a fist, gray, rough, with sparkly specks Rock 2: as small as a grape, white, smooth and round Rock 3: as flat as a cookie, dark gray, smooth, splits into layers Rock 4: as big as an egg, pale gray, full of tiny holes, very light to hold Rock 5: as big as a plum, red-brown, gritty like sandpaper Rock 6: as small as a marble, black, smooth and shiny We looked at the size, color and texture of every rock.

  1. 1. Which rock was full of tiny holes?
  2. 2. What color was rock 5?
  3. 3. Which rocks were smooth?
  4. 4. Why did the class use a hand lens?
2.How could you sort ten rocks into two groups by texture?
  • A.Big ones and small ones
  • B.Rough ones and smooth ones
  • C.Gray ones and white ones
3.Which tool helps you see the tiny grains in a rock?
  • A.A hand lens
  • B.A ruler
  • C.A spoon
4.What is the best way to describe a rock to a friend who cannot see it?
  • A.Say that it is a rock
  • B.Say its size, its color and how it feels
  • C.Say that it is nice
5.Two rocks are the same color. How else could you tell them apart?
  • A.By how they feel, or by their size
  • B.By what day you found them
  • C.You cannot tell them apart
6.Why are pebbles from a stream often smooth and round?
  • A.They grew that way
  • B.The water has rolled them and worn their corners off
  • C.People polished them
7.Which word describes a rock's color?
  • A.Smooth
  • B.Gritty
  • C.Gray

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Answer key — Our Rock Collection

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Rock 4, which was very light to hold. 2. Red-brown. 3. Rocks 2, 3 and 6. 4. To see small details, like the sparkly specks in rock 1.
  2. 2.Rough ones and smooth ones
  3. 3.A hand lens
  4. 4.Say its size, its color and how it feels
  5. 5.By how they feel, or by their size
  6. 6.The water has rolled them and worn their corners off
  7. 7.Gray

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-PS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.