2nd grade · Science · Unit 9 of 9
Land & Water Maps
Mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes and oceans.
What your child practices
Practices naming kinds of land and bodies of water and showing them on a simple map, using California places like the Sierra Nevada, the Central Valley, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Bay.
California Content Standards learning standard: 2-ESS2-2; 2-ESS2-3 · modeling the shapes and kinds of land and water in an area
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
Water as a solid is…
- a river
- steam
- rain
- ice
ice
Hint: Frozen water.
Question 2
Mount Whitney in California is a very tall…
- mountain
- lake
- plain
- river
mountain
Hint: It is the tallest peak in the lower 48 states.
Question 3
On a map key, a triangle could stand for a…
- lake
- mountain
- ocean
- river
mountain
Hint: Pointy like a peak.
Question 4
Rivers usually flow…
- uphill
- into the sky
- downhill
- in circles
downhill
Hint: Water moves down.
Question 5
Where land meets the ocean is the…
- peak
- plain
- valley
- coast
coast
Hint: The shore.
Question 6
Which holds salt water?
- A rain puddle
- Lake Tahoe
- The Pacific Ocean
- A mountain stream
The Pacific Ocean
Hint: Oceans are salty.