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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.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • B.Yes, snow is always climate
  • C.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
2.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
3.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
4.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, for that year
  • B.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • C.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
5.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
6.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One day
  • B.About thirty years
  • C.One week
7.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
8.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.One photograph of the sky
  • B.Tomorrow's forecast
  • C.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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