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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 claim do these jars support?
  2. 2. What would the puddle water look like after a day of standing still?
  3. 3. What did the pond water look like?
  4. 4. Why was each jar held up against a white card?
2.What color is clean tap water in a glass?
  • A.Green
  • B.Bright blue
  • C.It has almost no color
3.What do we call water that you cannot see through?
  • A.Cloudy
  • B.Fresh
  • C.Clear
4.Why does a drop of sea water leave a white mark when it dries?
  • A.The water turns into chalk
  • B.The jar was dirty
  • C.The salt is left behind
5.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
6.Why might pond water look green?
  • A.Frogs make it green
  • B.The pond is made of grass
  • C.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
7.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
  • A.Storms paint rivers
  • B.The fish have turned it brown
  • C.Rain has washed mud into it

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Answer key — Water From Six Places

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is. 2. Clearer, because more of the mud would sink to the bottom. 3. Green and cloudy. 4. So its color, and how clear it was, were easy to see.
  2. 2.It has almost no color
  3. 3.Cloudy
  4. 4.The salt is left behind
  5. 5.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  6. 6.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  7. 7.Rain has washed mud into it

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