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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 levees along a river
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • A.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
  • B.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • C.Roots hold the soil in place
  • D.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a park in the city
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Digging a canal
  • Mining coal
  • A.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • B.Green space for people and birds
  • C.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • D.Fuel for power, but holes and dust

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Building levees along a river — B (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 2. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — D (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 3. Building a dam on a river — A (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 4. Planting trees on bare hills — C (Roots hold the soil in place)
  2. 2.1. Building a park in the city — B (Green space for people and birds) 2. Draining a wetland for farms — A (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 3. Digging a canal — C (Boats can carry goods between waterways) 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.