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 20 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.
Deep inside a large continent
In a great desert near the tropics
On a Mediterranean coast
Near the equator, in a rainforest
A.Hot and wet all year round
B.Hot summers, hard winters, little rain
C.Hot dry summers and mild wet winters
D.Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Near the poles
High in a mountain range
On a monsoon coast
On a western coast in the middle latitudes
A.One drenching season and one dry season
B.Cold all year, with a short cool summer
C.Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line
D.Mild, with rain spread through the year
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Answer key — Climates Around the World
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Deep inside a large continent — B (Hot summers, hard winters, little rain) 2. In a great desert near the tropics — D (Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain) 3. On a Mediterranean coast — C (Hot dry summers and mild wet winters) 4. Near the equator, in a rainforest — A (Hot and wet all year round)
2.1. Near the poles — B (Cold all year, with a short cool summer) 2. High in a mountain range — C (Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line) 3. On a monsoon coast — A (One drenching season and one dry season) 4. On a western coast in the middle latitudes — D (Mild, with rain spread through the year)
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.