This Grade 2 sheet zooms in on water features. Students tell rivers, lakes, and oceans apart using size, saltiness, and movement. They match water types to descriptions and fill in nine sentences about ponds, streams, bays, and gulfs. Grade 2 students learn that water on Earth comes in many shapes and sizes, and each kind has its own special name and important place on the map.
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Landforms & Water Features
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The biggest water feature on Earth with salty water is an ocean.
2. A small body of still water, smaller than a lake, is a pond.
3. A long, flowing water feature that empties into an ocean is a river.
4. A body of fresh water surrounded by land is a lake.
5. A small, narrow flow of water, smaller than a river, is a stream.
6. A big curved part of the ocean that goes into the land is a gulf.
7. A smaller curved part of the ocean that cuts into land is a bay.
8. Water that pours from a high rock down to a low place is a waterfall.
9. Ocean water tastes salty because it has a lot of salt.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
ocean
→ huge salty body of water
huge salty body of water
pond
→ small still body of water
small still body of water
stream
→ tiny flowing water
tiny flowing water
waterfall
→ water falling over rocks
water falling over rocks
Landforms & Water Features
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The biggest water feature on Earth with salty water is an ocean.
2) A small body of still water, smaller than a lake, is a pond.
3) A long, flowing water feature that empties into an ocean is a river.
4) A body of fresh water surrounded by land is a lake.
5) A small, narrow flow of water, smaller than a river, is a stream.
6) A big curved part of the ocean that goes into the land is a gulf.
7) A smaller curved part of the ocean that cuts into land is a bay.
8) Water that pours from a high rock down to a low place is a waterfall.
9) Ocean water tastes salty because it has a lot of salt.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
ocean
→ huge salty body of water
huge salty body of water
pond
→ small still body of water
small still body of water
stream
→ tiny flowing water
tiny flowing water
waterfall
→ water falling over rocks
water falling over rocks
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