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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. What would the puddle water look like after a day of standing still?
  2. 2. Why was each jar held up against a white card?
  3. 3. Which jars were clear?
  4. 4. What do these jars not tell you?
2.What do we call water that you can see straight through?
  • A.Clear
  • B.Salty
  • C.Cloudy
3.What color is clean tap water in a glass?
  • A.Bright blue
  • B.Green
  • C.It has almost no color
4.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
5.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
  • A.The fish have turned it brown
  • B.Rain has washed mud into it
  • C.Storms paint rivers
6.Which of these is natural water?
  • A.A bottle of juice
  • B.A mountain stream
  • C.A glass of milk
7.Where on Earth is most of the water found?
  • A.In puddles
  • B.In the oceans
  • C.In faucets

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Answer key — Water From Six Places

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  1. 1.1. Clearer, because more of the mud would sink to the bottom. 2. So its color, and how clear it was, were easy to see. 3. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea. 4. They do not tell you whether any of the water is safe to drink.
  2. 2.Clear
  3. 3.It has almost no color
  4. 4.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  5. 5.Rain has washed mud into it
  6. 6.A mountain stream
  7. 7.In the oceans

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