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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.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
2.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  • B.Only today's weather at home
  • C.Last year's vacation photos
3.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It is raining now
  • B.It was foggy this morning
  • C.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
4.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
5.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
6.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  • B.Tomorrow's forecast
  • C.One photograph of the sky
7.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One day
  • B.One week
  • C.About thirty years
8.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.This island has mild winters most years
  • B.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • C.It will be windy on Friday afternoon

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

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  1. 1.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  2. 2.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  3. 3.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  4. 4.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  5. 5.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  6. 6.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty 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.