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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.
  • Paving a field for a parking lot
  • Clearing a forest for houses
  • Draining a wetland for farms
  • Mining coal
  • A.Fuel for power, but holes and dust
  • B.New farmland, but birds lose a home
  • C.New houses, but forest animals lose their homes
  • D.Rain runs off instead of soaking in
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
  • Building a park in the city
  • Building a dam on a river
  • Cutting steps into a steep hillside
  • Building a highway through a valley
  • A.Green space for people and birds
  • B.Faster travel, but more noise and fumes
  • C.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
  • D.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill

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Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Paving a field for a parking lot — D (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 2. Clearing a forest for houses — C (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes) 3. Draining a wetland for farms — B (New farmland, but birds lose a home) 4. Mining coal — A (Fuel for power, but holes and dust)
  2. 2.1. Building a park in the city — A (Green space for people and birds) 2. Building a dam on a river — C (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 3. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — D (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 4. Building a highway through a valley — B (Faster travel, but more noise and fumes)

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