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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 do these jars not tell you?
  4. 4. What claim do these jars support?
2.What color is clean tap water in a glass?
  • A.It has almost no color
  • B.Green
  • C.Bright blue
3.Which of these is natural water?
  • A.A glass of milk
  • B.A mountain stream
  • C.A bottle of juice
4.Why might pond water look green?
  • A.The pond is made of grass
  • B.Frogs make it green
  • C.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
5.What do we call water that you cannot see through?
  • A.Cloudy
  • B.Fresh
  • C.Clear
6.Water from a stream looks clear. Is it safe to drink?
  • A.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  • B.Yes, if it is cold
  • C.Yes, clear water is always safe
7.What do we call water that you can see straight through?
  • A.Cloudy
  • B.Clear
  • C.Salty

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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. They do not tell you whether any of the water is safe to drink. 4. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is.
  2. 2.It has almost no color
  3. 3.A mountain stream
  4. 4.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  5. 5.Cloudy
  6. 6.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  7. 7.Clear

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