Grade 2 | SCIENCE
WEEK 18 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 86–90
Read the matching lesson in the Week 18 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 90 is answered on your own.
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Day 86: Alabama’s Land from North to South
Alabama places and landforms
| Place | Landform |
|---|---|
| Cheaha Mountain | Mountain |
| The Tennessee Valley | Valley |
| Land near the coast | Plain |
| Hills in north Alabama | Hill |
- What landform is the wide, flat land near Alabama’s coast?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Is Cheaha Mountain higher or lower than the land near the coast?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Rivers in Alabama flow from the north toward the coast in the south. Explain what this tells you about where the land is higher.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 87: Kinds of Water in Alabama
Bodies of water
| Body of water | Moving or still? | Fresh or salt? |
|---|---|---|
| Stream | Moving | Fresh |
| River | Moving | Fresh |
| Lake | Mostly still | Fresh |
| Gulf | Waves and tides | Salt |
- Which body of water in the table is salt water?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Mobile Bay gets fresh water from rivers and salt water from the Gulf. What kind of water is in the bay?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how a lake is different from a river.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 88: Reading a Model of the Land
A relief model of Alabama
On the relief model, the northeast corner is raised and bumpy. A blue line crosses the north through a low, wide strip. The middle of the state is gently rolling. The south is low and flat, and it ends at a blue area along the bottom edge.
- Where is the land highest on this relief model?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What does the blue line across the north stand for?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Name one way the model is like the real land of Alabama and one way it is different.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 89: Hands-On: A Land Model from Mountains to the Bay
- In your model, did the water flow toward the mountains or toward the bay?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What did you use to show the flat plain?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why the water collected in the bay at the low end of your model.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Hands-on task: Build a north-to-south land model
- Draw a plan in the box: mountains at one end, a river valley, a flat plain, and a bay at the other end.
- In a baking pan, shape soil, sand or clay: high mountains at one end, sloping down to a low, flat plain at the other end.
- Press a groove for a river from the mountains down to the plain, and scoop out a low bay at the end.
- Label each part with a small paper flag.
- With an adult, pour a cup of water slowly onto the mountains and watch where it goes.
Where did the water go, and why?
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Day 90: Independent Check: Land and Water
Land and water words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Stream | A small body of moving water |
| Plain | Wide, flat land |
| Gulf | A very large bay of the ocean |
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- What do we call a small body of moving water?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which has salt water: the Gulf or a river?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- A model shows a river flowing from hills down to a bay. Explain what this tells you about which land is higher.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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