Which Soil Holds the Water? is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on analyzing test data to find the soil best suited to a job, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-PS1-2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with 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.
Set 9 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Which Soil Holds the Water?
2-PS1-2
NameDate
Look at the results, then answer.
1.
Minutes for a cup of water to soak into four soils. Which soil took the longest?
2.
Bean seeds that came up out of ten, in four soils. Which soil grew the most?
3.
Water that drained through four soils in five minutes, in spoonfuls. Which soil let the least water through?
4.
Days four soils stayed damp after one watering. Which soil dried out first, with the fewest damp days?
LessonPrint · 2-PS1-2 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Soil Holds the Water?
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Clay, which took 14 minutes.
2.Compost, where 9 of the 10 seeds came up.
3.Clay, which let only 2 spoonfuls through.
4.Gravel, which stayed damp for only 1 day.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-PS1-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.