2nd grade · Science · Unit 7 of 8

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 places like mountains, Puget Sound, rivers and lakes.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: 2-ESS2-2; 2-ESS2-3 · modelling 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
Land with water all around it is an…
- island
- peninsula
- river
- ocean
Question 2
Where land meets the ocean is the…
- coast
- peak
- valley
- plain
Question 3
Where can you find solid water in summer?
- In a warm puddle
- In a bathtub
- In a hot lake
- On high mountain glaciers
Question 4
On a map, blue usually shows…
- roads
- forests
- mountains
- water
Question 5
A big body of salt water is an…
- pond
- stream
- ocean
- puddle
Question 6
Ice on a mountain melts in spring. The water goes into…
- the rocks forever
- rivers and streams
- the sun
- the clouds only