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