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