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One Day, or Many Years? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on reasoning about what evidence shows weather and what shows climate, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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One Day, or Many Years?

3-ESS2-2

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1.Which tells you more about a place's climate?
  • A.A picture of today's sky
  • B.The weather report for tomorrow
  • C.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
2.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Only today's weather at home
  • B.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  • C.Last year's vacation photos
3.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  • B.Yes, for ever
  • C.Yes, at once
4.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, for that year
  • B.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  • C.Yes, it is now a wet place
5.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  • B.It is raining now
  • C.It was foggy this morning
6.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One day
  • B.About thirty years
  • C.One week
7.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.This island has mild winters most years
  • B.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  • C.The desert gets very little rain each year
8.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, snow is always climate
  • B.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  • C.Yes, the city has a snowy climate

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  2. 2.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  3. 3.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  4. 4.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  5. 5.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  6. 6.About thirty years
  7. 7.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  8. 8.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.