2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 11
Work, Saving & Resources
Producers, consumers and scarcity
What your child practices
Producers and consumers, wants and needs, saving, and how limited resources affect what people make and buy.
California Content Standards learning standard: 2.4.2; 2.4.3 · the roles of buyers and sellers, and how limits on resources affect production and consumption
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
Why do employers pay workers?
- for nothing
- so they stay home
- for the work they do
for the work they do
Hint: People earn money by working.
Question 2
Kenji has $6 and saves $2 more. How much does he have?
- $12
- $8
- $4
$8
Hint: 6 + 2 = 8.
Question 3
Water used to grow almonds is a…
- tax
- service
- natural resource
- want
natural resource
Hint: It comes from nature.
Question 4
A bus driver gives a…
- service
- natural resource
- good
service
Hint: A service is work done for others.
Question 5
A carpenter's hammer is a…
- human resource
- capital resource
- natural resource
capital resource
Hint: Capital resources are tools and machines used to make things.
Question 6
During a drought, there is less water for farms. Farmers may…
- grow twice as many crops
- use ocean water
- stop needing water
- grow fewer crops
grow fewer crops
Hint: Scarce water limits crops.