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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 did the pond water look like?
  4. 4. Which jars were clear?
2.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
3.Where on Earth is most of the water found?
  • A.In puddles
  • B.In faucets
  • C.In the oceans
4.How could you make cloudy puddle water clearer?
  • A.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
  • B.Add more mud
  • C.Shake it hard
5.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
6.Water from a stream looks clear. Is it safe to drink?
  • A.Yes, if it is cold
  • B.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  • C.Yes, clear water is always safe
7.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
  • A.The fish have turned it brown
  • B.Storms paint rivers
  • C.Rain has washed mud into it

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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. Green and cloudy. 4. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea.
  2. 2.The salt is left behind
  3. 3.In the oceans
  4. 4.Leave it to stand so the mud sinks, then pour off the top
  5. 5.Tiny green plants called algae are growing in it
  6. 6.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  7. 7.Rain has washed mud into it

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