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Earth Water Search at the Jump-Rope Circle

Investigate Earth's water using place reports and a playground ice observation. Identify water locations and compare solid and liquid water.

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
Science
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use observations to identify places where water is found on Earth.
  • Students compare evidence of solid and liquid water in different places.

How to use

Read the investigation and reports together. Have students point to evidence for their answers, then explain how the tray observations connect to lake ice.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

2-ESS2-3

Find where water is on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

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Earth Water Search at the Jump-Rope Circle

Use observations to find water and describe its form.

Water in Different Places

Read the class investigation. Use the reports to answer the questions.

The Jump-Rope Circle Investigation

At the playground's jump-rope circle, Nia's class noticed a puddle. They wondered where else water could be found on Earth. They made a plan.

Step 1: Look at the puddle without stepping in it. Step 2: Read picture reports from other places. Step 3: Ask the same two questions about each place: Where is the water? What form is it in? Step 4: Compare the evidence. Ice and snow are solid water. Water that pours or drips is liquid.

These were the class's reports:

Ocean: Waves splash against a rocky shore.

River: Water flows between two banks and around rocks.

Lake: A hard layer of ice covers the top. Water from beneath the ice pours from a researcher's sampler.

Glacier: A thick mass of hard ice rests on a mountain slope.

Below ground: Water fills spaces between grains of sand. It drips from a well's pump.

Hill: Snow covers the grassy top.

Playground: Puddle water runs into a shallow crack beside the jump-rope circle.

1.
Which pair of reports gives evidence of liquid water in two places away from the playground?
  • A. The glacier and the hill
  • B. The river and the glacier
  • C. The ocean and the river
  • D. The hill and the ocean
2.
Which note best describes the lake in the report?
  • A. Its water is solid from top to bottom.
  • B. Its top layer is liquid, with ice beneath.
  • C. Its water is liquid from top to bottom.
  • D. Its top layer is solid, with liquid beneath.
3.
Use the observations to sort these examples of water.
Water flowing around river rocksThe hard ice on the lake's topSnow on the grassy hillWater dripping from the well's pumpThe glacier's thick icePuddle water running into a crack
Solid waterLiquid water
4.
How are the ocean waves and the glacier alike and different?
  • A. Both are water, but they are in different forms.
  • B. Both are liquid water, but they are in different places.
  • C. Both are solid water, but they are in different places.
  • D. Both are on Earth, but the glacier is rock instead of water.

Watch the Water

Read what the class did next. Use the starting and ending observations as evidence.

A Tray Beside the Circle

The lake report gave the class another question: What might happen to ice on a warmer day? Their teacher brought plain ice from a freezer to the playground. No one tasted the ice or the water.

Step 1: The teacher placed two small ice pieces in a clear tray beside the jump-rope circle. At the start, the pieces were hard. No liquid was visible.

Step 2: The class left the tray in the warm air for 20 minutes. They kept the same tray and spot and added nothing.

Step 3: They counted the hard pieces again and looked for liquid. They found zero hard pieces. A pool of water moved when the teacher gently tipped the tray.

5.
Which description fits the change in the tray?
  • A. Liquid water changed into solid water.
  • B. Solid water changed into liquid water.
  • C. Solid water broke into smaller hard pieces.
  • D. Liquid water stayed in the same form.
6.
Nia says, "The water was still in the tray at the end, but it was liquid." Underline the TWO ending observations that support her claim.

The tray started with two ice pieces.A pool moved when the tray was tipped.The tray stayed beside the jump-rope circle.Zero hard pieces remained in the tray.

7.
Suppose some lake ice changes the same way the tray ice did. What form will that changed water have? Use an ending observation from the tray as evidence.
8.
The tray helped the class study a change in water's form. Why did they also need the place reports?
  • A. The reports showed where water is found on Earth.
  • B. The tray showed how deep Earth's rivers are.
  • C. The reports showed how long the tray took to warm.
  • D. The tray showed where Earth's glaciers are found.

Check Ideas About Earth's Water

Use the investigation and reports to check ideas and consider new evidence.

9.
A visitor sees dry sand and says, "There is probably no water beneath this spot." Which report gives a reason to check below the surface?
  • A. The hill report, because snow covers the grassy top
  • B. The glacier report, because thick ice rests on a slope
  • C. The ocean report, because waves splash a rocky shore
  • D. The below-ground report, because water fills spaces in sand
10.
A new report describes a cave. Hard icicles hang from its roof, and water drips into a pool. How should the class label the water in this report?
  • A. Solid water and dry rock
  • B. Liquid water and dry rock
  • C. Solid water and liquid water
  • D. Dry rock and empty space
11.
The class wants evidence of water in another place on Earth. Which new source would help most?
  • A. A chart of jump-rope lengths and colors
  • B. A report showing water bubbling from a spring
  • C. A list of trays used in the ice observation
  • D. A drawing showing the playground's game lines
12.
Circle the TWO questions the original place reports give enough evidence to answer.

How deep is the river?Can water be found below the ground?How many lakes are on Earth?Can one lake have both solid and liquid water?

13.
Complete the class's claim: "Earth has water in different places and in different forms." Name one place from the original reports with solid water and a different place with liquid water. Include an observation for each.

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