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

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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