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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9

Land and Change

How the land and our care of it change

What your child practises

Practises how and why places change over time, how people’s use of the environment has changed, and why caring for resources for the future matters.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 2.4.1; 2.4.2; 2.4.3 · how places change, how people use the environment, and caring for it for the future

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which helps save resources for later?

    • reusing a jar
    • leaving lights on all day
    • wasting a lot of paper
    • throwing the jar in the lake

  2. Question 2

    Why should we plant trees?

    • They make rain stop
    • They make noise
    • They give shade and help the air
    • They make the sun go away

  3. Question 3

    Why should we not drop litter?

    • It is fun
    • It can harm animals and places
    • It helps flowers grow
    • It cleans the air

  4. Question 4

    Which helps the environment?

    • dumping trash in the park
    • wasting water
    • recycling paper
    • cutting down every tree

  5. Question 5

    What does it mean to use a resource in a sustainable way?

    • Use it all up now
    • Throw it away
    • Use it so there is enough for later
    • Waste it

  6. Question 6

    Long ago, people used land mostly for growing food and hunting. Today people also use land for…

    • cities and highways
    • no buildings
    • only hunting
    • no roads

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