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