How Families Meet Their Needs is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing how families in different places meet their needs, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.8.K-2. It prints 8 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.How do most families get money to buy what they need?
A.They wait for gifts
B.They find it outside
C.Someone in the family works and earns income
2.A family lives in a hot, dry place. What do they need most?
A.Snow boots
B.Water and shade
C.A sled
3.A family on a farm gets eggs from their own hens. A family in a city usually gets eggs from…
A.the ocean
B.a tree
C.a grocery store
4.In a city, how does water usually get to homes?
A.Through pipes from the city
B.From the grocery store only
C.In trucks only
5.A family lives near the ocean. Where might some of their food come from?
A.Sand
B.Fish caught in the ocean
C.Snow
6.What do families in every place need?
A.The same house
B.The same car
C.Food, water and shelter
7.A family in a big city may live in…
A.an apartment building
B.a tent on the moon
C.a cave
8.Every family needs food, clothing and…
A.video games
B.toys
C.shelter
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.8.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Families Meet Their Needs
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Someone in the family works and earns income
2.Water and shade
3.a grocery store
4.Through pipes from the city
5.Fish caught in the ocean
6.Food, water and shelter
7.an apartment building
8.shelter
Questions about How Families Meet Their Needs
What does the How Families Meet Their Needs worksheet cover?
It practices comparing how families in different places meet their needs — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.Geo.8.K-2: Compare how communities use nearby and faraway places to get what they need. The instruction to students is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does How Families Meet Their Needs practice?
D2.Geo.8.K-2, under Geography for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Compare how people in different types of communities use local and distant environments to meet their daily needs.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
How Families Meet Their Needs is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.8.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does How Families Meet Their Needs come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of How Families Meet Their Needs can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is How Families Meet Their Needs free to print and photocopy?
Yes. How Families Meet Their Needs, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Geo.8.K-2
Compare how communities use nearby and faraway places to get what they need.