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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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Circle the best answer.

1.Why do people fill sandbags before a flood?
  • A.To build a beach
  • B.To make the river bigger
  • C.To try to keep water out of their homes
2.A storm knocks down power lines. What happens?
  • A.The lights get brighter
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.People have no electricity
3.After a big storm, what might a town need?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.More storms
  • C.Help to clear up and mend what broke
4.After a flood, who comes to help?
  • A.Firefighters and other helpers
  • B.Nobody
  • C.Only the person who flooded
5.A fire burns part of a wood. What happens?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The trees and the animals living there are lost
  • C.The wood grows back at once
6.Heavy snow closes the school. What happens?
  • A.School starts earlier
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.Children stay at home
7.A storm blows tiles off a roof. What must happen next?
  • A.The house moves
  • B.The roof mends itself
  • C.Somebody must mend the roof
8.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

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Answer key — When Something Goes Wrong

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.