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 21 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.
On a monsoon coast
Near the equator, in a rainforest
On a Mediterranean coast
Deep inside a large continent
A.Hot dry summers and mild wet winters
B.Hot summers, hard winters, little rain
C.Hot and wet all year round
D.One drenching season and one dry season
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
On a western coast in the middle latitudes
High in a mountain range
Near the poles
In a great desert near the tropics
A.Cold all year, with a short cool summer
B.Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain
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 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. On a monsoon coast — D (One drenching season and one dry season) 2. Near the equator, in a rainforest — C (Hot and wet all year round) 3. On a Mediterranean coast — A (Hot dry summers and mild wet winters) 4. Deep inside a large continent — B (Hot summers, hard winters, little rain)
2.1. On a western coast in the middle latitudes — D (Mild, with rain spread through the year) 2. High in a mountain range — C (Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line) 3. Near the poles — A (Cold all year, with a short cool summer) 4. In a great desert near the tropics — B (Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain)
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.