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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.
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • A.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • B.Roots hold the soil in place
  • C.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
  • D.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Digging a canal
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Building levees along a river
  • Mining coal
  • A.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • B.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • C.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • D.Fuel for power, but holes and dust

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Clearing a forest for houses — A (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 2. Planting trees on bare hills — B (Roots hold the soil in place) 3. Building a dam on a river — D (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 4. Paving a field for a parking lot — C (Rain runs off instead of soaking in)
  2. 2.1. Digging a canal — B (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 2. Draining a wetland for farms — C (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 3. Building levees along a river — A (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Mining coal — D (Fuel for power, but holes and dust)

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