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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.The weather report for tomorrow
  • B.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  • C.A picture of today's sky
2.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
3.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
4.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It was foggy this morning
  • B.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  • C.It is raining now
5.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • B.This island has mild winters most years
  • C.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
6.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.About thirty years
  • B.One day
  • C.One week
7.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Yes, at once
  • B.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  • C.Yes, for ever
8.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Last year's vacation photos
  • B.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  • C.Only today's weather at home

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

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