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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
  • Digging a canal
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • A.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • B.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
  • 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.
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Mining coal
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • A.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • B.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • 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 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Draining a wetland for farms — D (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 2. Digging a canal — A (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 3. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — B (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 4. Building a highway through a valley — C (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes)
  2. 2.1. Clearing a forest for houses — A (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 2. Planting trees on bare hills — D (Roots hold the soil in place) 3. Mining coal — B (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 4. Paving a field for a parking lot — C (Rain runs off instead of soaking in)

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