2nd grade · Science · Unit 8 of 9
Oregon Land & Water
Mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes and the coast of Oregon.
What your child practices
Practices naming kinds of land and bodies of water and showing them on a simple map, using Oregon places like Mount Hood, Crater Lake, the Willamette Valley, the Columbia River and the Oregon coast, and where water is solid or liquid.
Oregon State Standards learning standard: 2.ESS2.2; 2.ESS2.3 · modelling the kinds of land and water in an area, and where water is found as a solid or a liquid
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
The Willamette Valley lies between two…
- islands
- deserts
- mountain ranges
- oceans
mountain ranges
Hint: The Coast Range and the Cascades.
Question 2
In winter, Mount Hood is covered in…
- leaves
- lava
- sand
- snow
snow
Hint: Solid water on the peak.
Question 3
Mount Hood is a very tall…
- valley
- lake
- beach
- mountain
mountain
Hint: It is Oregon's tallest peak.
Question 4
Where land meets the ocean is the…
- coast
- valley
- peak
- plain
coast
Hint: The shore.
Question 5
On a map, blue usually shows…
- roads
- forests
- water
- mountains
water
Hint: Blue for water.
Question 6
Rivers usually flow…
- in circles
- into the sky
- downhill
- uphill
downhill
Hint: Water moves down.