Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 5
Lands & Waters
Landforms, climates and continents
What your child practises
Naming landforms and bodies of water, hot and cold climate zones, the continents and oceans, and how the land and climate shape the way people live.
NWT Curriculum learning standard: Diverse features of the environment in other parts of Canada and the world: climate zones, landforms, bodies of water, plants and animals
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
Is it land or water? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ⛰️ landform · 🌊 body of water
- 🐟river
- 🌊ocean
- 🏞️valley
- 🏔️mountain
- 🦆pond
- 🏝️island
⛰️ landform: valley, mountain, island · 🌊 body of water: river, ocean, pond
Hint: Landforms are shapes of the land. Bodies of water are places filled with water.
Question 2
Water that flows across the land toward a lake or the ocean is a…
- 🦆pond
- ⛰️hill
- 🏞️river
🏞️ river
Hint: A river moves. It flows downhill until it reaches a lake or the sea.
Question 3
Which plant grows well in a hot, dry desert?
- 🌾rice in a flooded field
- 🌵cactus
- 🌿moss in a wet forest
🌵 cactus
Hint: A cactus stores water inside, so it can live where it rarely rains.
Question 4
Which job would you most likely find in a farming community on the plains?
- 🤿deep-sea diver
- 🧊glacier guide
- 🌾grain farmer
🌾 grain farmer
Hint: Flat land with good soil is great for growing grain.
Question 5
In a place with very cold winters, what do homes need most?
- 🪟open windows all winter
- 🏊a pool on the roof
- 🔥heat to keep warm
🔥 heat to keep warm
Hint: Climate changes what people need. Cold places need warm homes and clothes.
Question 6
Which animal lives where it is icy and cold?
- 🐪camel
- 🐻❄️polar bear
- 🦜parrot
🐻❄️ polar bear
Hint: Polar bears have thick fur and fat to stay warm in the Arctic.