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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
  • Building levees along a river
  • Digging a canal
  • A.Brings water to dry land so crops can grow
  • B.Green space for people and birds
  • C.Boats can carry goods between waterways
  • D.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • Mining coal
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • A.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • B.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • C.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • D.Fuel for power, but holes and dust

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Irrigating dry fields — A (Brings water to dry land so crops can grow) 2. Building a park in the city — B (Green space for people and birds) 3. Building levees along a river — D (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Digging a canal — C (Boats can carry goods between waterways)
  2. 2.1. Building a highway through a valley — C (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes) 2. Mining coal — D (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 3. Clearing a forest for houses — A (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 4. Draining a wetland for farms — B (New farmland, but birds lose a home)

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