What the Ocean Does to the Land is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on how the ocean shapes the coast, the climate and living things, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-ESS2-1. It prints 2 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.
Set 7 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What the Ocean Does to the Land
5-ESS2-1
NameDate
Draw a line from each one to its effect.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Water evaporates from the warm ocean
Storm waves crash onto a beach
Salt spray blows over the cliff top
A cool breeze blows in off the sea on summer afternoons
A.Clouds form that bring rain to the land
B.Only plants that can bear salt grow there
C.The coastal town stays cooler than towns inland
D.Sand is dragged away and the beach gets narrower
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Cold water from the deep rises near a coast
The Arctic sea freezes over in winter
The tide covers a mudflat twice a day
Waves carry sand along the shore
A.Polar bears can walk out on the ice to hunt seals
B.Wading birds feed there when the water drops back
C.Plankton grow well and there are plenty of fish
D.A long spit of sand grows out across a bay
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Answer key — What the Ocean Does to the Land
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Water evaporates from the warm ocean — A (Clouds form that bring rain to the land) 2. Storm waves crash onto a beach — D (Sand is dragged away and the beach gets narrower) 3. Salt spray blows over the cliff top — B (Only plants that can bear salt grow there) 4. A cool breeze blows in off the sea on summer afternoons — C (The coastal town stays cooler than towns inland)
2.1. Cold water from the deep rises near a coast — C (Plankton grow well and there are plenty of fish) 2. The Arctic sea freezes over in winter — A (Polar bears can walk out on the ice to hunt seals) 3. The tide covers a mudflat twice a day — B (Wading birds feed there when the water drops back) 4. Waves carry sand along the shore — D (A long spit of sand grows out across a bay)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.