Changing a Place to Live In is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on how living things change the environment to meet their needs, aligned to Common Core standard K-ESS2-2. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 19 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.
Changing a Place to Live In
K-ESS2-2
NameDate
Draw a line from each one to the reason.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
People dig a pond in the school grounds
A beaver drags branches into a stream
A rabbit digs a burrow
A bird builds a nest in a tree
A.They make a place for frogs to live
B.It makes a safe place to rest
C.It makes a safe place for its eggs
D.It makes a pond to live in
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A squirrel buries nuts in the grass
People plant a hedge round a field
A mole pushes soil up into hills
A tree root pushes up a path
A.It stores food for later
B.The root spreads out to reach water
C.They keep the wind off the crops
D.It digs tunnels to find worms
LessonPrint · K-ESS2-2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Changing a Place to Live In
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. People dig a pond in the school grounds — A (They make a place for frogs to live) 2. A beaver drags branches into a stream — D (It makes a pond to live in) 3. A rabbit digs a burrow — B (It makes a safe place to rest) 4. A bird builds a nest in a tree — C (It makes a safe place for its eggs)
2.1. A squirrel buries nuts in the grass — A (It stores food for later) 2. People plant a hedge round a field — C (They keep the wind off the crops) 3. A mole pushes soil up into hills — D (It digs tunnels to find worms) 4. A tree root pushes up a path — B (The root spreads out to reach water)
More practice for K-ESS2-2
Give evidence that living things change a place to get what they need.
Teaching this next? Changing a Place to Live In is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.