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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.
  • Mining coal
  • Digging a canal
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • A.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • B.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • C.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • D.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • Building levees along a river
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Building a park in the city
  • A.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
  • B.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • C.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • D.Green space for people and birds

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Mining coal — D (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 2. Digging a canal — C (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 3. Draining a wetland for farms — A (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 4. Building a highway through a valley — B (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes)
  2. 2.1. Clearing a forest for houses — B (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 2. Building levees along a river — C (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 3. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 4. Building a park in the city — D (Green space for people and birds)

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