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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 try to keep water out of their homes
  • B.To build a beach
  • C.To make the river bigger
2.Heavy snow closes the school. What happens?
  • A.School starts earlier
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.Children stay at home
3.A storm blows tiles off a roof. What must happen next?
  • A.Somebody must mend the roof
  • B.The house moves
  • C.The roof mends itself
4.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
5.A flood covers the roads. What happens to people?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The roads get wider
  • C.They cannot travel and some homes are damaged
6.After a flood, who comes to help?
  • A.Nobody
  • B.Firefighters and other helpers
  • C.Only the person who flooded
7.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
8.A storm knocks down power lines. What happens?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The lights get brighter
  • C.People have no electricity

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Answer key — When Something Goes Wrong

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.To try to keep water out of their homes
  2. 2.Children stay at home
  3. 3.Somebody must mend the roof
  4. 4.Help to clear up and mend what broke
  5. 5.They cannot travel and some homes are damaged
  6. 6.Firefighters and other helpers
  7. 7.The trees and the animals living there are lost
  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.