Mountain, Valley or Plain? is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on naming the kinds of land and water a model can show, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-ESS2-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Draw a line from each description to the landform.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
High land with a wide flat top
Where the land meets the sea
Low land between hills, often with a river along it
Part of the sea that curves into the land
A.Bay
B.Valley
C.Plateau
D.Coast
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Wide flat land with no hills
Land with water on three sides
A large body of still water with land all around it
Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea
A.River
B.Lake
C.Peninsula
D.Plain
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Answer key — Mountain, Valley or Plain?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. High land with a wide flat top — C (Plateau) 2. Where the land meets the sea — D (Coast) 3. Low land between hills, often with a river along it — B (Valley) 4. Part of the sea that curves into the land — A (Bay)
2.1. Wide flat land with no hills — D (Plain) 2. Land with water on three sides — C (Peninsula) 3. A large body of still water with land all around it — B (Lake) 4. Fresh water flowing across the land to the sea — A (River)
Questions about Mountain, Valley or Plain?
What does the Mountain, Valley or Plain? worksheet cover?
It practices naming the kinds of land and water a model can show — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on NGSS 2-ESS2-2: Model the land and the water in an area. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each description to the landform”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Mountain, Valley or Plain? practice?
2-ESS2-2, under Earth and Space Science for Grade 2. The published performance expectation reads: “Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Mountain, Valley or Plain? is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2-ESS2-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Mountain, Valley or Plain? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Mountain, Valley or Plain? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Mountain, Valley or Plain? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Mountain, Valley or Plain?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.