Grade 2 · Science · Unit 4 of 9
Landforms and Earth
Mountains, prairies and the parts of Earth
What your child practises
Earth is made of land, water and air, and holds plants, animals and people. Alberta has mountains, hills, valleys, plateaus and prairies, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Dinosaur Provincial Park, Wood Buffalo National Park and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 2ES 1.1, 2ES 1.2 · the parts of Earth, and Alberta landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills, prairies and plateaus
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Banff and Jasper are national parks in the…
- Rocky Mountains
- Arctic
- ocean
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Rocky Mountains
Hint: Both are in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.
Question 2
Is it a landform or a body of water? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ⛰️ landform · 💧 body of water
- 🏞️a valley
- 🌊a river
- 🏞️a lake
- 🐳an ocean
- 🏔️a mountain
- 🌾a prairie
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⛰️ landform: a valley, a mountain, a prairie · 💧 body of water: a river, a lake, an ocean
Hint: A landform is a natural shape of the land, such as a hill. A body of water is water such as a lake or a river.
Question 3
Which landform is mostly flat, with grass?
🌾- a mountain
- a prairie
- a glacier
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a prairie
Hint: The prairies stretch across southern and central Alberta.
Question 4
A valley is…
- the top of a mountain
- a kind of lake
- low land between hills or mountains
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low land between hills or mountains
Hint: Valleys lie between higher land.
Question 5
Which words could describe a landform?
- hilly, rocky, steep or flat
- sweet or sour
- loud, quiet or soft
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hilly, rocky, steep or flat
Hint: Landforms can be described by how they look and feel.
Question 6
Which part of Earth do we breathe?
- air
- land
- water
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air
Hint: We need air to breathe.