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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.
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Mining coal
  • A.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
  • B.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • C.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
  • D.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a park in the city
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • Building levees along a river
  • A.Green space for people and birds
  • B.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • C.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • D.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Building a dam on a river — C (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 2. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — A (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 3. Paving a field for a parking lot — D (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 4. Mining coal — B (Fuel for power, but holes and dust)
  2. 2.1. Building a park in the city — A (Green space for people and birds) 2. Irrigating dry fields — D (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 3. Building a highway through a valley — B (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 4. Building levees along a river — C (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over)

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