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

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Building a highway through a valley — A (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 2. Digging a canal — B (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 3. Clearing a forest for houses — C (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 4. Planting trees on bare hills — D (Roots hold the soil in place)
  2. 2.1. Irrigating dry fields — D (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 2. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — C (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 3. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 4. Building a park in the city — B (Green space for people and birds)

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