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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. What happened in the puddle jar after an hour?
  3. 3. What claim do these jars support?
  4. 4. Which jars were clear?
2.What do we call water that you can see straight through?
  • A.Cloudy
  • B.Salty
  • C.Clear
3.Where on Earth is most of the water found?
  • A.In the oceans
  • B.In puddles
  • C.In faucets
4.How could you make cloudy puddle water clearer?
  • A.Add more mud
  • B.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
  • C.Shake it hard
5.What do we call water that you cannot see through?
  • A.Clear
  • B.Cloudy
  • C.Fresh
6.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
7.What color is clean tap water in a glass?
  • A.It has almost no color
  • B.Bright blue
  • C.Green

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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. The mud sank to the bottom. 3. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is. 4. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea.
  2. 2.Clear
  3. 3.In the oceans
  4. 4.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
  5. 5.Cloudy
  6. 6.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  7. 7.It has almost no color

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