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

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Draining a wetland for farms — D (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 2. Building a park in the city — B (Green space for people and birds) 3. Building a highway through a valley — C (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 4. Digging a canal — A (Boats can carry goods between waterways)
  2. 2.1. Planting trees on bare hills — D (Roots hold the soil in place) 2. Clearing a forest for houses — A (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 3. Paving a field for a parking lot — C (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 4. Irrigating dry fields — B (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.