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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.

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Water From Six Places

2-PS1-1

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

Water From Six Places

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. 1. Which jars were clear?
  2. 2. What did the pond water look like?
  3. 3. What happened in the puddle jar after an hour?
  4. 4. What claim do these jars support?
2.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
  • A.Storms paint rivers
  • B.Rain has washed mud into it
  • C.The fish have turned it brown
3.What do we call water that you can see straight through?
  • A.Clear
  • B.Cloudy
  • C.Salty
4.Why does a drop of sea water leave a white mark when it dries?
  • A.The salt is left behind
  • B.The jar was dirty
  • C.The water turns into chalk
5.Which of these is natural water?
  • A.A mountain stream
  • B.A bottle of juice
  • C.A glass of milk
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.Water from a stream looks clear. Is it safe to drink?
  • A.Yes, clear water is always safe
  • B.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  • C.Yes, if it is cold

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Answer key — Water From Six Places

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  1. 1.1. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea. 2. Green and cloudy. 3. The mud sank to the bottom. 4. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is.
  2. 2.Rain has washed mud into it
  3. 3.Clear
  4. 4.The salt is left behind
  5. 5.A mountain stream
  6. 6.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
  7. 7.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs

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