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Grade 2 Landforms & Bodies of Water Worksheet with Answers

Grade 2 (US) · Year 3 (UK) · Class 2 (India) · Science

Unit 3: Earth's Land & WaterLandforms & WaterNGSS 2-ESS2-2

Mountains, valleys, plains, islands, rivers, lakes and oceans, and where Earth's water is found. This free early elementary worksheet has 17 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Landforms & Bodies of Water

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Learning goal: Landforms & Water · NGSS 2-ESS2-2

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

rivermountainlakeislandocean
12345
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
Part B

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 6What is a large body of salt water called?
  2. 7What is a body of water with land all around it called?
  3. 8What is a low area between hills or mountains called?
  4. 9On a map, what color usually shows water?
  5. 10What is a very tall landform called?
  6. 11What is flowing fresh water called?
  • AOcean
  • BValley
  • CMountain
  • DLake
  • EBlue
  • FRiver
Part C

Write your answer on the line.

  1. 12

    Where can water be found as a solid on Earth?

  2. 13

    Where is most of Earth's fresh water frozen?

  3. 14

    What is land with water all around it called?

  4. 15

    What is flat land called?

  5. 16

    Is most water on Earth fresh or salt water?

  6. 17

    What does a map key (legend) tell you?

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I am a star that you can see in the daytime. What am I?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.mountain
  2. 2.lake
  3. 3.river
  4. 4.ocean
  5. 5.island
  6. 6.A — an ocean
  7. 7.D — a lake
  8. 8.B — a valley
  9. 9.E — blue
  10. 10.C — a mountain
  11. 11.F — a river
  12. 12.glaciers, ice caps and snow
  13. 13.in glaciers and ice caps
  14. 14.an island
  15. 15.a plain
  16. 16.salt water
  17. 17.what the symbols on the map mean
  18. ★the sun (challenge corner)

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