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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
  • Building a park in the city
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • A.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
  • B.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • C.Green space for people and birds
  • D.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Planting trees on bare hills
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Building levees along a river
  • Irrigating dry fields
  • A.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
  • B.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
  • C.Roots hold the soil in place
  • D.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Building a highway through a valley — D (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 2. Building a park in the city — C (Green space for people and birds) 3. Draining a wetland for farms — B (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 4. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in)
  2. 2.1. Planting trees on bare hills — C (Roots hold the soil in place) 2. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — A (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 3. Building levees along a river — B (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Irrigating dry fields — D (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow)

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