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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. Why was each jar held up against a white card?
  3. 3. Which jars were clear?
  4. 4. What happened in the puddle jar after an hour?
2.Water from a stream looks clear. Is it safe to drink?
  • A.Yes, if it is cold
  • B.Yes, clear water is always safe
  • C.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
3.Why does a drop of sea water leave a white mark when it dries?
  • A.The salt is left behind
  • B.The water turns into chalk
  • C.The jar was dirty
4.Where on Earth is most of the water found?
  • A.In the oceans
  • B.In puddles
  • C.In faucets
5.Which of these is natural water?
  • A.A bottle of juice
  • B.A glass of milk
  • C.A mountain stream
6.Why might a river look brown after a storm?
  • A.Rain has washed mud into it
  • B.The fish have turned it brown
  • C.Storms paint rivers
7.What do we call water that you can see straight through?
  • A.Salty
  • B.Cloudy
  • C.Clear

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Answer key — Water From Six Places

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  1. 1.1. Green and cloudy. 2. So its color, and how clear it was, were easy to see. 3. The tap, the rain barrel, the stream and the sea. 4. The mud sank to the bottom.
  2. 2.Not without cleaning, because clear water can still carry germs
  3. 3.The salt is left behind
  4. 4.In the oceans
  5. 5.A mountain stream
  6. 6.Rain has washed mud into it
  7. 7.Clear

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