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

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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