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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.
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • 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.New farmland, but birds lose a home
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • Mining coal
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • A.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
  • B.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • C.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • D.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Planting trees on bare hills — A (Roots hold the soil in place) 2. Draining a wetland for farms — D (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 3. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — C (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 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 a highway through a valley — B (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 3. Mining coal — C (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 4. Irrigating dry fields — D (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow)

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