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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.
  • Mining coal
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Building levees along a river
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • A.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
  • B.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • C.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • D.New farmland, but birds lose a home
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • A.Roots hold the soil in place
  • B.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow
  • C.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • D.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Mining coal — B (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 2. Draining a wetland for farms — D (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 3. Building levees along a river — C (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in)
  2. 2.1. Planting trees on bare hills — A (Roots hold the soil in place) 2. Irrigating dry fields — B (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 3. Building a highway through a valley — C (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 4. Clearing a forest for houses — D (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.