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 5 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.
Near the poles
High in a mountain range
On a Mediterranean coast
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 for its latitude, with snow above a line
D.Cold all year, with a short cool summer
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
On a monsoon coast
Deep inside a large continent
Near the equator, in a rainforest
In a great desert near the tropics
A.Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain
B.Hot summers, hard winters, little 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 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Near the poles — D (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 Mediterranean coast — B (Hot dry summers and mild wet winters) 4. On a western coast in the middle latitudes — A (Mild, with rain spread through the year)
2.1. On a monsoon coast — C (One drenching season and one dry season) 2. Deep inside a large continent — B (Hot summers, hard winters, little rain) 3. Near the equator, in a rainforest — D (Hot and wet all year round) 4. In a great desert near the tropics — A (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.