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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.
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • A.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
  • B.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow
  • C.Roots hold the soil in place
  • D.New farmland, but birds lose a home
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a park in the city
  • Digging a canal
  • Building levees along a river
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • A.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • B.Green space for people and birds
  • C.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • 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 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 2. Irrigating dry fields — B (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 3. Draining a wetland for farms — D (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 4. Planting trees on bare hills — C (Roots hold the soil in place)
  2. 2.1. Building a park in the city — B (Green space for people and birds) 2. Digging a canal — A (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 3. Building levees along a river — D (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Clearing a forest for houses — C (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes)

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