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How Things Work

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This printable science worksheet for 2nd graders includes 25 fill-in-the-blank questions covering how things work: energy forms, forces like gravity and friction, magnetism and poles, simple machines like wheels and levers, and the three states of matter. A word bank with 33 science terms supports vocabulary building. Use for science classwork, homework, or review.

Subject:: Science
Topic:: Engineering
Grade Level:: 2nd Grade
Updated March 2026

Word Bank

attract
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Gravity
heat
Magnetite
nonmagnetic
north
poles
pull
push
repel
sound
south
sunlight
wind
axle
Effort
Friction
Fulcrum
gas
Helium
ice
levers
liquid
Machines
poured
ramp
solid
steam
water
wheel

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