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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.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, for ever
  • C.Yes, at once
2.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
3.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.Climate changes every day
  • B.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  • C.Weather never matters to crops
4.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One week
  • B.One day
  • C.About thirty years
5.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
6.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  • B.This island has mild winters most years
  • C.The desert gets very little rain each year
7.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  • B.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • C.Yes, for that year
8.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

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  2. 2.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  3. 3.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  4. 4.About thirty years
  5. 5.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  6. 6.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  7. 7.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  8. 8.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years

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