Climates Around the World is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on combining information to describe climates in different regions, aligned to Common Core standard 3-ESS2-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Climates Around the World
3-ESS2-2
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Draw a line from each region to its climate.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
In a great desert near the tropics
On a Mediterranean coast
On a western coast in the middle latitudes
Near the equator, in a rainforest
A.Mild, with rain spread through the year
B.Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain
C.Hot dry summers and mild wet winters
D.Hot and wet all year round
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
High in a mountain range
On a monsoon coast
Deep inside a large continent
Near the poles
A.Hot summers, hard winters, little rain
B.One drenching season and one dry season
C.Cold all year, with a short cool summer
D.Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line
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Answer key — Climates Around the World
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In a great desert near the tropics — B (Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain) 2. On a Mediterranean coast — C (Hot dry summers and mild wet winters) 3. On a western coast in the middle latitudes — A (Mild, with rain spread through the year) 4. Near the equator, in a rainforest — D (Hot and wet all year round)
2.1. High in a mountain range — D (Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line) 2. On a monsoon coast — B (One drenching season and one dry season) 3. Deep inside a large continent — A (Hot summers, hard winters, little rain) 4. Near the poles — C (Cold all year, with a short cool summer)
More practice for 3-ESS2-2
Gather information to describe climates in different parts of the world.
Teaching this next? Climates Around the World is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.