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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 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
2.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
3.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • B.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  • C.Yes, snow is always climate
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.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
6.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.Weather never matters to crops
  • B.Climate changes every day
  • C.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
7.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • B.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  • C.Yes, for that year
8.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

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  2. 2.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  3. 3.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  4. 4.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  5. 5.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  6. 6.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  7. 7.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  8. 8.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go

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