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

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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