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A Winter Geography Journal

Read two winter journal entries and identify mountains, plains, valleys, rivers, lakes, islands and oceans from written clues.

Grade 2Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toGEO.2.3

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 C3 Framework standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify mountains, plains, valleys, rivers, lakes, islands and oceans from written clues.
  • Students compare landforms and bodies of water in two snowy places.
  • Students use details about land and water features to explain a geographic choice.

How to use

Read the journal entries aloud or have students read them independently. Ask students to point to the details that help them name each feature before they answer.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.2.3

Identify landforms and bodies of water such as mountains, plains, valleys, rivers, lakes, islands and oceans.

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A Winter Geography Journal

Compare the landforms and bodies of water in two snowy places.

Read the winter journal

Read about two places near Snowshoe Station. Then answer the questions.

Two Places in the Snow

The second-grade geography club at Snowshoe Station was studying two nearby places in a snowy northern region. Leena read a winter journal about Aurora Basin. Omar read a journal about Icewind Coast. They put the entries side by side to name and compare the land and water features.

In Aurora Basin, the Whitecap Mountains rise high above the snow. A valley, or lower land between mountain slopes, lies below them. The Swift River begins near the mountains and moves through the valley. It empties into Hushwater Lake, a broad, still body of water. South of the lake is a broad, level plain where people travel by sled.

Farther east, Icewind Coast has a wide plain that reaches from the town to the shore. Beyond the shore is the Arctic Ocean, a huge body of water. Sealrock Island is a piece of land in that ocean. Water surrounds the island on every side.

The club members noticed that the two places share one kind of land. Their other land and water features make the journeys different.

1.
What is the main idea of the two journal entries?
  • A. Two snowy places have the same mountains and rivers.
  • B. Two winter journals describe and compare landforms and bodies of water.
  • C. Two students choose the safest way to travel by sled.
  • D. Two towns are built on islands in the Arctic Ocean.
2.
Word bank: mountains · valley · river · lake

The Whitecap   are high landforms. The lower land between their slopes is a  .

3.
Which order follows the water's path in Aurora Basin?
  • A. Hushwater Lake → Swift River → valley → mountains
  • B. plain → ocean → island → coast
  • C. Whitecap Mountains → Swift River in the valley → Hushwater Lake
  • D. valley → mountains → Hushwater Lake → Swift River
4.
Why is Hushwater Lake called a lake instead of a river?
  • A. It is high land beside the Whitecap Mountains.
  • B. It is a piece of land with water all around it.
  • C. It is a broad plain where sleds can travel.
  • D. It is broad and still, while the Swift River moves.
5.
Word bank: plain · ocean · island · valley

At Icewind Coast, the broad, level land is a  . The huge body of water beyond the shore is an  .

6.
Which description is evidence that Sealrock Island is an island?
  • A. It is land with water on every side.
  • B. It is a high place above the snow.
  • C. It is a low place between mountain slopes.
  • D. It is moving water that reaches a lake.
7.
Circle the two details that support this idea: Icewind Coast has an ocean and an island.

A wide plain reaches from the town to the shore.The Arctic Ocean is beyond the shore.The Whitecap Mountains rise high above the snow.Water surrounds Sealrock Island on every side.

Compare the features

Use details from both journal entries to answer the questions.

8.
Which feature appears in both journal entries?
  • A. A mountain
  • B. A valley
  • C. A plain
  • D. An island
9.
Leena wants to see both high land and lower land between high slopes. Which place should she visit?
  • A. Icewind Coast, because it has a plain and an ocean
  • B. Aurora Basin, because it has mountains and a valley
  • C. Icewind Coast, because it has an island and a plain
  • D. Aurora Basin, because it has a river and a lake
10.
Which group names only landforms from the journal entries?
  • A. River, lake, ocean, plain
  • B. Lake, island, river, ocean
  • C. Ocean, plain, river, lake
  • D. Mountains, valley, island, plain
11.
Which statement is best supported by both journal entries?
  • A. Both places have tall mountains with a valley between them.
  • B. Aurora Basin has an ocean, and Icewind Coast has a lake.
  • C. Aurora Basin has a river and a lake, and Icewind Coast has an island.
  • D. Neither place has a plain where people can travel.
12.
Circle the two sentences in which the feature name matches the description.

A plain is a wide, level area of land.An ocean is a small pool of still water.An island is land with water around it.A river is high land between two slopes.

Explain your thinking

Write complete thoughts. Use details from the journal entries.

13.
How are Aurora Basin and Icewind Coast different? Use at least two details from the journal entries.
14.
Which place would you choose if you wanted to travel by boat on a very large body of water and step onto land surrounded by water? Explain your choice with two details.

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