Grade 2 Science practice sheet
Saskatchewan Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put the butterfly's life cycle in order.
- 🐛caterpillar
- chrysalis
- 🦋butterfly
- 🥚egg
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egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly
Hint: It starts as a tiny egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches, makes a chrysalis, then comes out as a butterfly.
Question 2
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 3
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 4
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 5
Put the water cycle in order. Start with the sun warming the water.
- 🌊Water collects in rivers and oceans
- 🌧️Rain or snow falls
- ☁️Clouds form
- ☀️Sun warms water and it rises
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Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans
Hint: Warm water rises into the sky, makes clouds, falls as rain, and collects in rivers and oceans.
Question 6
Put the frog's life cycle in order.
- tadpole with legs
- tadpole
- 🐸frog
- 🫧eggs in a pond
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eggs in a pond → tadpole → tadpole with legs → frog
Hint: Frogs start as eggs in a pond. Tadpoles hatch, grow legs, and become frogs.
Question 7
Pet cats can hurt wild birds. How can owners help?
- Let them roam at night
- Feed the birds to the cats
- Keep cats indoors or on a leash
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Keep cats indoors or on a leash
Hint: Keeping cats close protects wildlife.
Question 8
What happens to water in the freezer?
❄️- 💨It disappears
- 🧃It turns into juice
- 🧊It freezes into ice
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🧊 It freezes into ice
Hint: Cold makes water freeze. The liquid becomes a solid.
Question 9
Which one is a push?
- 🛒pushing a shopping cart
- 🪢tugging a rope
- 🛻pulling a wagon
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🛒 pushing a shopping cart
Hint: A push moves something away from you.
Question 10
Does it save water or waste water?
Sort into: 👍 saves water · 👎 wastes water
- 🪣collect rain for plants
- 🛁take a really full bath
- 🚰let the tap drip
- 🪥turn off the tap while brushing
- 💦leave the hose running
- 🚿take a short shower
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👍 saves water: collect rain for plants, turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower · 👎 wastes water: take a really full bath, let the tap drip, leave the hose running
Hint: Using only the water you need saves it. Leaving water running wastes it.
Answer key
- 1. egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly (Life Cycles)
- 2. Leaving litter such as fishing line (Animals & People)
- 3. ⚽ a solid (Solids & Liquids)
- 4. 📎 a paper clip (Push & Pull)
- 5. Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans (Water World)
- 6. eggs in a pond → tadpole → tadpole with legs → frog (Life Cycles)
- 7. Keep cats indoors or on a leash (Animals & People)
- 8. 🧊 It freezes into ice (Solids & Liquids)
- 9. 🛒 pushing a shopping cart (Push & Pull)
- 10. 👍 saves water: collect rain for plants, turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower · 👎 wastes water: take a really full bath, let the tap drip, leave the hose running (Water World)
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