Grade 2 Science practice sheet
Ontario Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What should you do if you spill water during an experiment?
- Tell your teacher and wipe it up
- Hide it under paper
- Leave it
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Tell your teacher and wipe it up
Hint: Spills can make the floor slippery, so clean them up safely.
Question 2
Which animal hatches from an egg?
- 🐮a calf
- 🐦a robin
- 🐶a puppy
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🐦 a robin
Hint: Birds lay eggs. Most mammals are born alive.
Question 3
How does it move? Tap an animal, then its basket.
Sort into: 🌊 Swims · ☁️ Flies · 🐛 Crawls or slithers
- 🐛caterpillar
- 🦉owl
- 🐍snake
- 🦅eagle
- 🐟salmon
- 🐬dolphin
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🌊 Swims: salmon, dolphin · ☁️ Flies: owl, eagle · 🐛 Crawls or slithers: caterpillar, snake
Hint: Think about where it moves and what body parts it uses.
Question 4
A duck's webbed feet help it…
🦆- dig tunnels
- climb trees
- swim
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swim
Hint: Webbed feet work like paddles.
Question 5
Which action can harm birds?
🐦- Putting up a bird house
- Planting native flowers
- Leaving litter such as fishing line
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Leaving litter such as fishing line
Hint: Litter can tangle or hurt birds.
Question 6
A rubber ball is…
- 💨a gas
- 💧a liquid
- ⚽a solid
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⚽ a solid
Hint: A ball keeps its shape, so it is a solid.
Question 7
A fruit salad has apples, grapes and melon. It is a…
🍉- solid block
- mixture
- gas
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mixture
Hint: A mixture is made of different things put together.
Question 8
A container is marked with the flame symbol. What should you keep it away from?
- paper
- heat, sparks and fire
- cold water
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heat, sparks and fire
Hint: Flammable liquids can catch fire easily.
Question 9
Which thing will a magnet pull?
🧲- 🥤a paper cup
- 📎a paper clip
- 🪵a wooden block
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📎 a paper clip
Hint: Magnets pull on some metals, like iron and steel. Paper clips are made of steel!
Question 10
A playground slide is an…
🛝- wedge
- inclined plane
- pulley
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inclined plane
Hint: A slide is a slope.
Answer key
- 1. Tell your teacher and wipe it up (Think Like a Scientist)
- 2. 🐦 a robin (Animal Life Cycles)
- 3. 🌊 Swims: salmon, dolphin · ☁️ Flies: owl, eagle · 🐛 Crawls or slithers: caterpillar, snake (How Animals Move)
- 4. swim (Animal Adaptations)
- 5. Leaving litter such as fishing line (Animals & People)
- 6. ⚽ a solid (Solids & Liquids)
- 7. mixture (Mixtures & Materials)
- 8. heat, sparks and fire (Safety Symbols)
- 9. 📎 a paper clip (Push & Pull)
- 10. inclined plane (Simple Machines)
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