Water From Six Places is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on describing water from different places by its color and clarity, 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Jars of water the class collected from six places, each held up against a white card.
WHAT EACH JAR LOOKED LIKE
Tap ............ clear, no color
Rain barrel .... clear, a few bits floating
Stream ......... clear, a little brown
Pond ........... green and cloudy
Puddle ......... brown and cloudy; mud sank to the bottom after an hour
Sea ............ clear, a little gray; a drop left salt when it dried
Nobody drank any of the water.
1. Which jars were clear?
2. Why was each jar held up against a white card?
3. What claim do these jars support?
4. What do these jars not tell you?
2.Which of these is natural water?
A.A glass of milk
B.A mountain stream
C.A bottle of juice
3.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
A.Rain has washed mud into it
B.The fish have turned it brown
C.Storms paint rivers
4.Why might pond water look green?
A.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
B.The pond is made of grass
C.Frogs make it green
5.Water from a stream looks clear. Is it safe to drink?
A.Yes, if it is cold
B.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
C.Yes, clear water is always safe
6.How could you make cloudy puddle water clearer?
A.Shake it hard
B.Add more mud
C.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
7.What do we call water that you cannot see through?
A.Cloudy
B.Fresh
C.Clear
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Answer key — Water From Six Places
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea. 2. So its color, and how clear it was, were easy to see. 3. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is. 4. They do not tell you whether any of the water is safe to drink.
2.A mountain stream
3.Rain has washed mud into it
4.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
5.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
6.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
7.Cloudy
Questions about Water From Six Places
What does the Water From Six Places worksheet cover?
It practices describing water from different places by its color and clarity — 7 questions for Grade 2, all on NGSS 2-PS1-1: Sort materials by what you can observe about them. The instruction to students is “Read the record, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Water From Six Places practice?
2-PS1-1, under Physical Science for Grade 2. The published performance expectation reads: “Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Water From Six Places is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2-PS1-1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Water From Six Places come with an answer key?
Yes. All 7 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Water From Six Places can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Water From Six Places free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Water From Six Places, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for 2-PS1-1
Sort materials by what you can observe about them.