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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 graph of its average rainfall for each month
  • B.A picture of today's sky
  • C.The weather report for tomorrow
2.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  • B.It was foggy this morning
  • C.It is raining now
3.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • B.Yes, for that year
  • C.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
4.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
5.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.Tomorrow's forecast
  • B.One photograph of the sky
  • C.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
6.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Yes, at once
  • B.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  • C.Yes, for ever
7.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.About thirty years
  • B.One day
  • C.One week
8.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • B.This island has mild winters most years
  • C.It will be windy on Friday afternoon

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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