Grade 2 Science Week 9 | Practice Workbook

Grade 2 | SCIENCE

WEEK 9 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 41–45

Read the matching lesson in the Week 9 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 45 is answered on your own.

Fillable Practice PDF: Open or download Week 9 fillable workbook. Type answers in the labeled fields, then save your completed copy. For graph drawings, use the printed diagram.

Day 41: Shapes of Land

Landforms

Landform	Description
Mountain	Very high land with steep sides
Hill	Raised land, lower and rounder than a mountain
Valley	Low land between hills or mountains
Plain	Wide, flat land

Which landform is wide and flat?
Answer: _________________________________________________
What is the highest point in Alabama?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Explain how a hill and a mountain are alike and how they are different.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 42: Bodies of Water

Bodies of water

Name	Description
Ocean	Huge body of salt water
Lake	Large body of water with land all around
Pond	Small body of still water
River	Moving water that flows toward a lake or the ocean

Which body of water is salty?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Which body of water flows?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Dauphin Island is off Alabama’s coast. Explain what the word island tells you about it.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 43: Build a Landform Model

In your model, which landform is the highest?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Where did you put the water in your model?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Pour a spoonful of water on top of your model’s mountain. Describe where the water goes, and explain why.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Hands-on task: Build a landform model

Plan: draw a mountain, a hill, a valley, a plain and a river or lake on paper.
Build: shape the land with clay, play dough or damp sand on a tray.
Add water: use blue paper or a little real water for a river or lake.
Label each landform and body of water with a small paper flag.
Explain to an adult how your model matches each description.

My model showed:

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Day 44: Reading a Map of Land and Water

Map key

Symbol	Meaning
Blue area	Lake or ocean
Wavy blue line	River
Brown triangle	Mountain
Green area	Plain or forest land

What does a brown triangle stand for?
Answer: _________________________________________________
What color shows a lake on this map?
Answer: _________________________________________________
A map shows a wavy blue line running from a brown triangle down to a blue area. Explain what this shows about the land and water.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 45: Independent Check: Land and Water

Map description

The map key shows: brown triangle = mountain, wavy blue line = river, blue area = lake, green area = plain. On the map, two brown triangles stand side by side with a narrow green strip between them. A wavy blue line starts there and runs across a wide green area into a blue area.

Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.

What landform is the narrow green strip between the two mountains?
Answer: _________________________________________________
What does the river run into?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Explain how you know the river flows from the mountains toward the lake.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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