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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 dam on a river
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Building levees along a river
  • A.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • B.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
  • C.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • D.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • A.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow
  • B.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • C.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • D.Rain runs off instead of soaking in

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Building a dam on a river — D (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 2. Draining a wetland for farms — A (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 3. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — B (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 4. Building levees along a river — C (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over)
  2. 2.1. Irrigating dry fields — A (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 2. Paving a field for a parking lot — D (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 3. Building a highway through a valley — C (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 4. Clearing a forest for houses — B (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.