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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 did the pond water look like?
  2. 2. What do these jars not tell you?
  3. 3. Why was each jar held up against a white card?
  4. 4. What claim do these jars support?
2.Which of these is natural water?
  • A.A mountain stream
  • B.A glass of milk
  • C.A bottle of juice
3.Why might pond water look green?
  • A.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  • B.The pond is made of grass
  • C.Frogs make it green
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 does a drop of sea water leave a white mark when it dries?
  • A.The water turns into chalk
  • B.The salt is left behind
  • C.The jar was dirty
6.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
7.What color is clean tap water in a glass?
  • A.Bright blue
  • B.It has almost no color
  • C.Green

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Answer key — Water From Six Places

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  1. 1.1. Green and cloudy. 2. They do not tell you whether any of the water is safe to drink. 3. So its color, and how clear it was, were easy to see. 4. Water from different places can look different in color and in how clear it is.
  2. 2.A mountain stream
  3. 3.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  4. 4.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  5. 5.The salt is left behind
  6. 6.Rain has washed mud into it
  7. 7.It has almost no color

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