Landforms and Bodies of Water
2nd grade Earth's surface worksheet: label a mountain, river, island, lake, volcano, and ocean, then sort them into landforms and bodies of water.
2nd Grade Earth's Surface Worksheets
NGSS 2-ESS1: using information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
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Earth's Surface worksheets to download
Fast and Slow Earth Changes Sort
Museum-themed 2nd grade sort: place 12 Earth events such as a tsunami, a flash flood, and cave forming into fast or slow changes, with an answer key.
Earth's Surface Crossword
Seven-clue Earth's surface crossword for 2nd grade: volcano, ocean, river, glacier, mountain, lake, and erosion, with an answer key in capitals.
Landforms and Bodies of Water Labeling
2nd grade labeling worksheet for 2-ESS2-2: name eight parts of a land and water model, including hill, plain, valley, and island, with an answer key.
Where Water Is Found Matching
Water on Earth matching for 2nd grade: link ocean, glacier, river, pond, and snow to pictures and descriptions, then explain what happens to snow in spring.
Stopping Wind and Water Erosion
Ten-question 2nd grade erosion check for K-2-ETS1-3: compare grass and plastic on a hillside, a stone wall and sand fence at the beach, and a windbreak.
Curriculum objectives covered
2-ESS2-2
“Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.”
2-ESS1-1
“Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.”
2-ESS2-3
“Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.”
K-2-ETS1-3
“Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.”
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