Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 8
Natural Resources and Caring for the Land
What does the land give us, and how do we protect it?
What your child practises
Natural resources in communities, how the natural environment shapes daily life, and why conserving and restoring resources matters.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 2-KL-016, 2-KL-017, 2-KL-020, 2-KL-021, 2-KL-022 · natural resources, how the environment shapes daily life, and conserving or restoring resources
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
Which resource is found underground?
- clouds
- minerals
- birds
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minerals
Hint: Mining takes minerals from under the ground.
Question 2
Which is NOT a natural resource?
- soil
- fish
- a pencil sharpener
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a pencil sharpener
Hint: People make a pencil sharpener.
Question 3
Planting a tree helps to…
- pave the forest
- restore the forest
- use up the forest
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restore the forest
Hint: New trees grow where others were cut.
Question 4
Which action conserves paper?
- write on both sides
- throw away clean pages
- tear pages for fun
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write on both sides
Hint: Using both sides saves paper.
Question 5
What does it mean to recycle?
- to burn them all
- to make used things into new things
- to throw things on the ground
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to make used things into new things
Hint: Recycling gives used materials new life.
Question 6
Why do farmers need good weather?
- tractors need ice
- crops grow with sun and rain
- farm animals dislike food
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crops grow with sun and rain
Hint: Plants need sun and rain.