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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.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.About thirty years
  • B.One day
  • C.One week
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.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, snow is always climate
  • B.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • C.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
4.Which tells you more about a place's climate?
  • A.A picture of today's sky
  • B.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  • C.The weather report for tomorrow
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.Weather never matters to crops
  • C.Climate changes every day
6.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • B.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  • C.This island has mild winters most years
7.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It was foggy this morning
  • B.It is raining now
  • C.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
8.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, at once
  • C.Yes, for ever

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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