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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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Circle the best answer.

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.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One week
  • B.About thirty years
  • C.One day
3.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
4.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.One photograph of the sky
  • B.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  • C.Tomorrow's forecast
5.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  • B.Climate changes every day
  • C.Weather never matters to crops
6.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Last year's vacation photos
  • B.Only today's weather at home
  • C.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
7.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Yes, for ever
  • B.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  • C.Yes, at once
8.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

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  2. 2.About thirty years
  3. 3.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  4. 4.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  5. 5.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  6. 6.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  7. 7.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  8. 8.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter

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