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Changing the Land: Help and Harm is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how changing the land helps and harms, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.9.K-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 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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Changing the Land: Help and Harm

D2.Geo.9.K-2

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Match each change to what it does.

1.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Digging a canal
  • A.Roots hold the soil in place
  • B.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • C.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
  • D.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Building levees along a river
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Mining coal
  • A.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
  • B.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • C.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • D.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — C (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 2. Planting trees on bare hills — A (Roots hold the soil in place) 3. Paving a field for a parking lot — D (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 4. Digging a canal — B (Boats can carry goods between waterways)
  2. 2.1. Building a dam on a river — A (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 2. Building levees along a river — D (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 3. Draining a wetland for farms — B (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 4. Mining coal — C (Fuel for power, but holes and dust)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.9.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.