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When Something Goes Wrong is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how a disaster affects people, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.12.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils 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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When Something Goes Wrong

D2.Geo.12.K-2

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1.A fire burns part of a wood. What happens?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The wood grows back at once
  • C.The trees and the animals living there are lost
2.A flood covers the roads. What happens to people?
  • A.They cannot travel and some homes are damaged
  • B.The roads get wider
  • C.Nothing changes
3.A storm blows tiles off a roof. What must happen next?
  • A.Somebody must mend the roof
  • B.The roof mends itself
  • C.The house moves
4.Why do people fill sandbags before a flood?
  • A.To try to keep water out of their homes
  • B.To make the river bigger
  • C.To build a beach
5.After a big storm, what might a town need?
  • A.More storms
  • B.Help to clear up and mend what broke
  • C.Nothing at all
6.After a flood, who comes to help?
  • A.Firefighters and other helpers
  • B.Only the person who flooded
  • C.Nobody
7.Heavy snow closes the school. What happens?
  • A.School starts earlier
  • B.Children stay at home
  • C.Nothing changes
8.A storm knocks down power lines. What happens?
  • A.People have no electricity
  • B.The lights get brighter
  • C.Nothing changes

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Answer key — When Something Goes Wrong

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The trees and the animals living there are lost
  2. 2.They cannot travel and some homes are damaged
  3. 3.Somebody must mend the roof
  4. 4.To try to keep water out of their homes
  5. 5.Help to clear up and mend what broke
  6. 6.Firefighters and other helpers
  7. 7.Children stay at home
  8. 8.People have no electricity

More practice for D2.Geo.12.K-2

Name ways a disaster affects the people living through it.

Teaching this next? When Something Goes Wrong is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.12.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.